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Sat, 05/05/2012 - 2:09pm
By Andrea Bustard, Dignity in Schools Campaign-New York
Before 6-year old Salecia Johnson was handcuffed in a Georgia classroom and escorted to the local police station after a tantrum last month, a 5-year-old autistic boy in Brooklyn was...
Fri, 04/20/2012 - 11:13am
Dignity in Schools Campaign Statement on Salecia Johnson Handcuffing and Arrest
UPDATE: Salecia's mother, Constance Ruff, has created petition via Change.org calling on Milledgeville's Mayor, City Council, School Board, and the GA Dept. of Education to remove any record of Salecia's arrest and end the...
Wed, 04/18/2012 - 11:18am
Power U Center for Social Change, a Miami-based community organization and member of the Dignity in Schools Campaign, together with the Advancement Project produced and released this video documenting the school discipline crisis in the State of Florida. The video is intended to serve as a conversation...
Fri, 03/30/2012 - 8:57pm
On March 30th, 2012 the Dignity in Schools Campaign submitted comments on the U.S. Department of Education's Teacher Incentive Fund, a part of the Obama administration's educational platform which would provide funds for implementing teacher incentive programs in states and...
Wed, 03/14/2012 - 4:12pm
Bronx Youth of Color Most Vulnerable to School Arrests and Summonses
Bronx, NY – On March 8, 2012, the New Settlement Parent Action Committee, and the Dignity in Schools Campaign- New York gathered close to 100 parents, students, educators, and elected officials on the steps of the Bronx Borough...
Tue, 03/06/2012 - 6:10pm
03/06/2012 – Today Arne Duncan, Secretary of Education, announced the results of the latest Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) – a national survey of 72,000 schools – which shows that racial disparities in school discipline, including suspensions, expulsions and...
Thu, 03/01/2012 - 2:56pm
The Dignity in Schools Campaign's first ever membership drive starts today!
We are accepting applications for Organizational Members, Individual Members and Endorsers. Our goal is to reach at least 60 members by April 30th, 2012.
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Wed, 02/29/2012 - 4:33pm
On average more than five students were arrested every day during the last three months of 2011 – 93.5% of those arrested were Black and Latino.
By Andrea Bustard, Dignity in Schools Campaign - New York
(February 23, 2012) On February 22, 2012 the Dignity in Schools Campaign - New York, a...
Sat, 02/18/2012 - 1:00am
Updated 2/19/2012 : Parents end Piccolo Elementary School occupation after CPS Board agrees to meet in run-up to Wednesday board meeting
Huffington Post, 2/18/2012 -...
Wed, 02/08/2012 - 12:01pm
By Andrea Bustard, Dignity in Schools Campaign-New York
On January 24, Maryland state school board members announced that they will propose an overhaul of school discipline codes to curb the increasing number of school suspensions...