Conference and Speaker Materials

 

Conference Materials

Final Agenda

Speaker Bios

DSC Handout on A Human Rights Framework for Education and Discipline

Action Plan Template from Community Dialogue Breakouts

Conference Sponsors



Speaker Presentations, Handouts and On-line Resources

Friday, June 5

Welcoming Remarks

Bernadine Dohrn, Children and Family Justice Center, Bluhm Legal Clinic, Northwestern University School of Law



Keynote Address

Judith Browne-Dianis, Advancement Project



Opening Plenary: School Pushout & Human Rights

Moderator - Catherine Kim, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

  • SchooltoPrison.org website provides forum for impact litigators, direct services attorneys and other legal advocates across the nation to share ideas and strategies to challenge the push-out of children from schools
  • Report - Dignity Denied: The Effect of "Zero Tolerance" Policies on Students' Human Rights


Nancy Franklin, Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD)

  • PowerPoint Presentation - From Grassroots to Policy Implementation: School-wide Positive Behavior Support in Los Angeles - and Handout
  • LAUSD website on School-wide PBS Policy includes presentations, videos, and manuals


Kabir Ahmed, Desis Rising Up and Moving (DRUM)

  • DRUM Campaign for Immigrant Safe Zones in Schools
  • Report - Education Not Deportation: Impacts of New York City School Safety Policies on South Asian Immigrant Youth
  • Videos - Urban Youth Collaborative

 


Afternoon Plenary: Promoting Alternatives to Zero-Tolerance

Moderator - Matthew Cregor, Southern Poverty Law Center

  • Pamphlet - Positive Behavior Supports: A Wise Investment of Economic Stimulus Funds
  • Reports on Effective Discipline for Student Success: Reducing Student and Teacher Dropout Rates in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama


John Gardner, Illinois PBIS Network


Steve Korr, International Institute for Restorative Practices

  • Handout - What is Restorative Practices?
  • Report - Improving School Climate: Findings from Schools Implementing Restorative Practices
  • Video - The Transformation of West Philadelphia High School: A Story of Hope


Judge Brian Huff, Jefferson County Family Court, Alabama

  • Powerpoint Presentation - Jefferson County Family Court's School Offense Protocol
  • News Editorial - "There's a better way to discipline Birmingham city schools students other than arresting them"
  • News Column - "Arresting Birmingham schoolkids for minor offenses borders on abuse"
  • Birmingham News Aricle - "Birmingham city schools rely on arrests to keep order"



Saturday, June 6

Morning Plenary: A Vision for Dignity in Schools

Moderator - Holly Thomas, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund

  • Report - Arresting Development: Addressing the School Discipline Crisis in Florida
  • Project website - School to Prison Pipeline


Joyce Parker, Citizens for a Better Greenville, Mississippi


Jack Wuest, Alternative Schools Network, Chicago


Rodney Skager, Professor Emeritus, UCLA Graduate School of Education

  • Report - Beyond Zero-Tolerance: A Reality-Based Approach to Drug Education
  • Safety First website includes videos and materials for students, parents and educators about reality-based approaches to drug education



Afternoon Plenary: Strategies for Ending School Pushout

Moderator - Liz Sullivan, National Economic and Social Rights Initiative

  • Report - Teachers Talk: School Culture, Safety and Human Rights
  • Training Manual - Brining a Human Rights Vision to Public Schools
  • Report - Deprived of Dignity: Degrading Treatment and Abusive Discipline in N.Y.C and L.A. Public Schools


Marco Nuñez, Padres & Jovenes Unidos


Saneta deVuono-Powell, ACLU of Northern California

  • Report - Schools for All Campaign: Preventing Bias and Pushout
  • Project - Ending Anti-Gay Harassment on Campus


Julie Washington, UTLA Elementary Vice President