Parents
Dignity in Schools Los Angeles Model Code Training on Tuesday, October 23 from 2:00 pm- 5:00 pm at the California Endowment. I have attached an flyer to this email with more details.
Date:
Tue, 10/23/2012 - 2:00pm - 3:00pm
State Relevance (if applicable):
California
Wednesday October 17, 2012 at 1:30-2:30 p.m. Eastern Time
Presented by the ABA Section of Litigation’s
Date:
Wed, 10/17/2012 - 1:30pm - 2:30pm
POWER-PAC
Friday, October 5, 2012 - 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. CST
We will use our first POWER-PAC quarterly membership meeting of the school year to locally launch the Model Code and Suspension Moratorium. We will do so with an interactive activity that contrasts:
Date:
Sat, 09/29/2012 - 9:00am - Sat, 10/06/2012 - 11:59pm
State Relevance (if applicable):
Illinois
During the 2010-11 school year, the Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) handed out nearly 18,000 short-term and long-term suspensions—in disproportionate number to minority students. Short-term and long-term suspensions accounted for more than 75,000 missed school days. Nearly one-third of students who received at least one suspension (31.3%) were students
with disabilities, even though they were only approximately 13% of the student population.
Date:
Fri, 05/04/2012
State Relevance (if applicable):
North Carolina
This handbook provides an overview of students’ and parents'/guardians' rights, what remedies are available when those rights are violated, tips and tools for self-advocacy, and support resources.
Date:
Fri, 05/04/2012
State Relevance (if applicable):
North Carolina
This new report by the High HOPES Campaign, which includes DSC members Blocks Together and POWER-PAC among others, is the result of a thorough year-long process of collecting information from restorative justice experts, practitioners, educators, youth, parents, and community members.
Date:
March 14, 2012
State Relevance (if applicable):
Illinois
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Over the past year, our country and the world have witnessed increasingly visible protests against the influence of private pursuit of profit over our public institutions and interests.
Date:
Sat, 03/24/2012 - 9:00am
State Relevance (if applicable):
New York
Date:
Fri, 03/16/2012 - 9:00am - Sun, 03/18/2012 - 5:00am
COFI
COFI/POWER-PACOrganization:
Date:
Tue, 10/04/2011 - 9:30am - 12:00pm
State Relevance (if applicable):
Illinois
Free Minds, Free People, is national conference presented by this network in partnership with The Brotherhood/Sister Sol, the Chicago Freedom School and Youth in Action.
Date:
Thu, 07/07/2011 - 9:00am - Sun, 07/10/2011 - 9:00am
State Relevance (if applicable):
Rhode Island
Alan Rosenthal, the Center for Community Alternative's Co-Director of Justice Strategies will participate in a panel discussion hosted by the New York City Bar Association on the increase in conviction history questions for college applications.
Organization:
Center for Community Alternatives
Date:
Wed, 01/19/2011 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
State Relevance (if applicable):
New York
Hector Calderon, El Puente Academy for Peace and Justice
Sunday, January 16, 11 am
Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture
53 Prospect Park West at 2nd St. Brooklyn, NY
(Directions: #2 or 3 to Grand Army Plaza or F to 7th ave.)
Organization:
Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture
Date:
Sun, 01/16/2011 - 11:00am
State Relevance (if applicable):
New York
Free Minds, Free People, is national conference presented by this network in partnership with The Brotherhood/Sister Sol, the Chicago Freedom School and Youth in Action.
Date:
Thu, 07/07/2011 - 9:00am - Sun, 07/10/2011 - 9:00am
State Relevance (if applicable):
Rhode Island
Conducted by the UC Berkeley School of Law’s Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice, this study is one of the first studies to closely examine the impact of restorative justice on an American inner-city school. Researchers spent one year observing a restorative justice program at the Cole Middle School in West Oakland, California, interviewing teachers, students, and parents.
State Relevance (if applicable):
California
Learn how you can get involved with the work of the Community Rights Campaign.
Organization:
The Labor/Community Strategy Center
Date:
Fri, 01/01/2010 - 11:00am - 1:00pm
State Relevance (if applicable):
California
Join the members of the School Reform Commission to discuss next steps and actions.
DATE: Wednesday, Dec. 15.
TIME: 2 p.m.
LOCATION: School District of Philadelphia Education Center, 440 N. Broad St., Philadelphia, PA.
MORE: To register to speak, call 215-400-4180 by 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 14.
Date:
Wed, 12/15/2010 - 2:00pm
State Relevance (if applicable):
Pennsylvania
At these roundtables, parents are given an opportunity to meet and speak with the superintendent, ask questions, air ideas and concerns, and get updates on key initiatives. Dinner will be served 5-5:45 p.m., with the discussion following. Child care will be provided for children between ages 4-12.
DATE: Thursday, Dec. 16.
TIME: 6-8 p.m.
Date:
Thu, 12/16/2010 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
State Relevance (if applicable):
Pennsylvania
Over 200 organizations and individuals have signed on to support the resolution, a call to action for our school systems to end the harsh disciplinary policies and law enforcement tactics that push too many young people out of school.
State Relevance (if applicable):
North Carolina
The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) should reject Louisiana State Superintendent of Education Pastorek's plan for the Recovery School District and develop a new plan to return the publicly funded schools to the local governing Orleans Parish School Board (OPSB).
Date:
Wed, 12/08/2010 - 12:00pm
State Relevance (if applicable):
Louisiana