Charter Schools, Civil Rights and School Discipline
The Center For Civil Rights : Charter Schools, Civil Rights and School Discipline (March 2016)
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State invests $10.3 million in program to support positive school climate reforms and fix school discipline
In a victory for California students and schools, state lawmakers have passed a $10 million dollar project to train and support teachers and administrators over the next three years on how to use more positive, trauma-sensitive, and effective approaches to school discipline. Fix School Discipline partners, Public Counsel, and the ... Read MoreFar far away
Far far away, behind the word mountains, far from the countries Vokalia and Consonantia, there live the blind texts. Separated they live in Bookmarksgrove right at the coast of the Semantics, a large language ocean. A small river named Duden flows by their place and supplies it with the necessary regelialia. It is a paradisematic ... Read MoreTrauma and Learning
Peter P., et al. v. Compton Unified School District, et al. is a landmark, first-of-its kind class action complaint addressing a widespread, yet often ignored, public health crisis in America: the adverse impact of childhood trauma on learning. This case has been filed in Los Angeles by Public Counsel and Irell ... Read MoreOakland Unified Takes Historic Vote to End Suspensions and Transfers for ‘Willful Defiance’ and Commits $2.3 Million to Fund Intervention and Prevention
On Wednesday night, after months of advocacy by a broad coalition of community groups and civil rights advocates, students, parents and teachers, the Oakland Unified School Board voted unanimously on Wednesday night to end suspensions and involuntary transfers for ‘willful defiance and disruption’ as of July 1, 2016. Superintendent Antwan ... Read MoreFree Webinar Trainings and Access To Our Archive
Since we started our Fix School Discipline Webinar Series, we’ve gotten a great response from community members and teachers alike. Our new and improved Webinar page offers an easy way to see what webinars are upcoming (month by month), and register for them. Easy-to-view calendar of upcoming webinars, each with ... Read MoreKeeping kids out of court, in school
by Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye, Chief Justice of California, as seen in the Daily Journal What should happen to a teenage girl who keeps getting into fights at school? To a 12-year-old caught selling drugs? To a boy who has run away from home 10 times? As California’s chief justice, I know that ... Read More
Join Our TweetChat tomorrow and help us end Willful Defiance in California!
This week, we continue our campaign to end suspensions due to Willful Defiance in California. We invite you to participate in a TweetChat tomorrow with members of various communities who are working to curb suspensions and expulsions and pass Assembly Bill 420, which will make it illegal to suspend a child for the catch-all “willful ... Read MoreLCAP Countdown Week V: No More Class Time Lost to Suspension, Long Beach Community Says
In Long Beach, students, parents and community members in the Every Student Matters coalition are asking the Superintendent and SchoolBoard to make their LCAP reflect what the research shows and students and parents there want, more money on prevention and intervention over police and criminalization. Every Student Matters members will testify in force at the ... Read More