This resource presents 2014-2018 slides from a CRDC webinar about how to access and analyze federal school discipline data for use in advocacy work. The U.S. Department of Education (ED) ... MORE
The three packets for each year (2015-2017) include tips for using social media, how to generate media coverage, and sample press releases/call scripts to be used during DSC National Week of Action. These resources could be useful as a starting-point for designing your campaign and can be personalized and adopted for any media needs. ... MORE
This May 2016 Huffington Post Blog from Eric Mann, Director of the Labor/Community Strategy Center, details the Strategy Center’s “ferocious uphill organizing” that removed military grade weapons from Los Angeles ... MORE
This report from the National Opportunity to Learn Campaign is a good resource for groups wanting to engage their school boards. The report offers strategies for campaigns to reduce suspensions ... MORE
This eight-page document from the National Opportunity to Learn Campaign provides statistics and graphics framing the school-to-prison pipeline issue and offers talking points for advocacy. There are many links to ... MORE
ACLU of Pennsylvania Report offers history of zero tolerance policies, analysis of PA school discipline data and data re: police in schools, and recommendations for reform. ... MORE
Author: H. Wilson The four-page document frames the crisis of Zero Tolerance practices and lays out pathways to change through four steps communities can use to foster positive academic outcomes ... MORE
The Dignity in Schools Campaign (DSC) Model Code Comparison Tool presents communities with recommended language for alternatives to school pushout and zero-tolerance discipline practices. It highlights questions you can answer ... MORE
This Atlas Learning Project two-pager offers targeted strategies and critical tools to help inform funders, advocates and evaluators use legal advocacy as a method of effectively fighting against systemic abuses. ... MORE