Welcome to the Dignity in Schools Campaign Listserv!

On the DSC website, you can now access an archive of our recent listservs which include updates on how to get involved with DSC Working Group projects, news and highlights on the work of local organizations, and links to new resources available on the website.

July 24 - How Immigrant Students Are Being Pushed Out of School
9am PST, 11am CST and 12 noon EST

Join us for a national conversation on the barriers that immigrant students encounter that push them out of school and to learn how schools can better respond to the needs of immigrant students and their families. Our presenters include legal advocates and educators from Pennsylvania, California, New York and Illinois. Click here for information on speakers and discussion topics.

Contact Lori Turner to RSVP and receive call-in information.

Listen On-line to DSC Tele-conference Calls on Issues Related to Pushout

Visit http://www.dignityinschools.org/tele-conference-series to download and listen to recordings of past tele-conference calls on:

• Charter schools and pushout
• Federal PBESA legislation
• Alternative school programs

Los Angeles Activists form the First Local Chapter of the DSC!

A coalition of fifteen organizations in the Los Angeles area join the Dignity in Schools Campaign as a local chapter. The coalition includes legal service attorneys, community organizers and policy groups working together to combat the criminalization of schools and zero-tolerance discipline and to ensure the rights of students with special needs. Contact Rosa Hirji.

National Housing Crisis Impacts the Right to Education

An article from OneWorld US discusses the potential impact of the national mortgage crisis on homelessness and education.

New Resources Available on the DSC Website

• Fact Sheets, Lesson Plans and Quizzes on the Human Right to Education in the US
  This Toolkit from the Advocates for Human Rights has resources for educators and organizers on a range of issues including school discipline, special education, and issues affecting immigrant and LGBTQ students.

• White Paper on Improving School Climate through Policy and Teacher Education
  "The School Climate Challenge: Narrowing the Gap Between School Climate Research and School Climate Policy, Practice Guidelines and Teacher Education Policy," Center for Social and Emotional Education.

• Health and Justice for Youth Campaign at Physicians for Human Rights
  This website includes fact sheets, reports and advocacy toolkits on the juvenile justice system.
  

Please send us articles, reports, websites, on-line videos, tool-kits and other resources to add to the website. Email research@dignityinschools.org.

Visit the website to learn about membership and get involved in the campaign. The DSC has a Core Group that oversees the project, Working Group Members that help shape our work and participate in our ongoing projects, and Allied Organizations that believe in and support the campaign.

Core Group Members:

Rosa Hirji, Chair of Education Subcommittee, Children’s Rights Litigation Committee, American Bar Association
Monica Llorente, Children & Family Justice Center, Northwestern School of Law
Rodney Skager, Professor Emeritus, UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies
Liz Sullivan, National Economic and Social Rights Initiative
Lori Turner, ACLU of Illinois

The Dignity in Schools Campaign (DSC) challenges the systemic problem of pushout in our nation's schools and advocates for every child’s human right to education and to be treated with dignity.  The DSC unites policy advocates, parent and student organizers, educators and lawyers in a campaign to promote local and national alternatives to a culture of zero-tolerance, punishment and removal.