NYC School Cops Are Putting Kids on the Fast Route to Prison
No It’s a bit of an urban myth that summer is the time for teenagers to get in trouble: They are not in school, they have plenty of time on their hands, weather and spirits are hot, and everyone’s out...
View ArticleStatement on Ferguson by the Dignity in Schools Campaign
No Youth, parents, educators and advocates from the Dignity in Schools Campaign have come together in response to the tragedy in Ferguson, Missouri on August 9, 2014. What happened in Ferguson 13 days...
View ArticleNYC to Join 50 Cities in National Week of Action to Call for Changes to...
No NYC Schools Launch Letter to DOE Calling for Changes to Discipline Code and Restorative Coordinators in Schools Publication Date: October 7, 2014Author: Dignity in Schools Campaign - NY
View ArticleYouth and Advocates Call for End to the Use of Student Suspensions for...
As the administration considers changes to the city School Discipline Code, youth and advocates encourage ending the use of suspensions for infraction B21 "Defying Authority." In the 2013-2014 school...
View ArticleSchool Suspensions Ruin Students’ Lives
No Suspensions for low-level infractions are jeopardizing the education of many New York City children, and they must stop now. Because the city’s public schools have, over many years, failed to invest...
View ArticleCity Council Members, Students, Educators and Advocates to hold Press...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Shoshi Chowdhury, Dignity in Schools Campaign-NY, 347-832-8391 Kesi Foster, Urban Youth Collaborative, 646-404-4947 **Media advisory for Monday, March 2nd, 5:00 pm...
View ArticleSenate HELP Committee Passes Every Child Achieves Act
No Yesterday, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee unanimously passed its Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) reauthorization bill, the Every Child Achieves Act...
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Senate Fails to Protect Students' Human Right to Education
Members of the Dignity in Schools Campaign (DSC) across the country are disappointed that today, the U.S. Senate voted in favor of a bill that fails to hold states accountable for eliminating...
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A Step Toward Ending the School-to-Prison Pipeline
For years, the school-to-prison pipeline has afflicted communities of color in New York. From a young age, students begin to be treated like criminals within the confines of their own schools—from...
View ArticleBronx High School Struggles To Overcome Record of Most Student Arrests
KINGSBRIDGE HEIGHTS — When Santiago Taveras became principal at the struggling Dewitt Clinton High School two years ago, the situation was bleak. Tensions ran high between students and NYPD School...
View ArticleCity Task Force Recommends New Ways to Reduce School Suspensions
A fraction of schools accounts for an outsize portion of serious school punishments, according to a new report that recommends ways the city can combat that and other disparities in the way students...
View ArticleDismantle, not reinforce school-to-prison pipeline in our New York City schools
Schools should be places where children are treated as students and given the tools to learn, but too often, our school discipline system treats them as criminals instead. For years, we’ve seen the...
View ArticleRestorative Justice is Key to School Discipline Reform
NoTags: educationrestorative justicePublication Date: May 18, 2015Author: Sarah MarcyOrganization Title: Gotham GazetteRestorative Justice is Key to School Discipline Reform
View ArticleSchool Eliminates Suspensions for Insubordination
No THE BRONX - An Eastchester middle school has done away with suspending students under the districtwide "B-21" rule. New York City's Department of Education recently released its school climate...
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Invest in Public Education, Not Prison Cultivation: Dignity In Schools 6th...
October 3-11, 2015 During this year's Dignity in Schools Campaign Week of Action, members and allies will hold rallies, marches, forums and workshops across the country to raise awareness to...
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DSC Members Convene in Los Angeles to Strategize to End School Pushout
No From April 22-24 Dignity in Schools Campaign (DSC) members from across the country convened in Los Angeles for our sixth Annual Membership Meeting to strategize on upcoming campaign initiatives,...
View ArticleU.S. Secretary of Education Calls on Charter Schools to Rethink Discipline
NoPublication Date: July 1, 2016Author: Dignity In Schools
View ArticleStudents, Parents and Teachers Urge the City to Adopt Further Changes to...
No Today’s release of the second and final phase of recommendations from the Mayor’s Leadership Team on School Climate and Discipline is a culmination of over a year of meetings involving a broad base...
View ArticleFederal Govt. Releases Guidance on Police in Schools, But Solutions Should Go...
No Today, the U.S. Departments of Justice and Education released the “Safe School-based Enforcement through Collaboration, Understanding, and Respect ‘SECURe’ State and Local Policy Rubric,” providing...
View ArticleArrests & Summons in NYC Schools Decrease but Deep Racial Disparities Still...
NoPublication Date: September 15, 2016Author: DSC-NY
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