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Press Release: NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND CATALYZES “SCHOOL-TO-PRISON PIPELINE”
Thursday, March 17, 2011Press Release
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Read moreStudy by ACLU of Florida, Advancement Project, & Florida State Conference of the NAACP Reveals Shortcomings of Reforms to “Zero-Tolerance” Policies in Florida Schools
Monday, March 7, 2011Press Release
MIAMI, FL – The ACLU of Florida, Advancement Project, and the Florida State Conference of the NAACP released a report today on their study of the ongoing harmful impacts of Florida schools’ “zero-tolerance” policies. The study, entitled “Still Haven’t Shut Off the School-to-Prison Pipeline: Evaluating the Impact of Florida’s New Zero-Tolerance Law,” shows that although the state took a significant step forward by amending its harsh zero-tolerance law in 2009, meaningful reform has still not reached most of the schools – and students – across the state.
Read moreYouth United for Change and Advancement Project Release Report on Shocking Effects of Zero Tolerance School Discipline in Philadelphia Schools
Thursday, January 13, 2011Press Release
Youth United for Change, a Philadelphia-based youth organization, and Advancement Project, a national civil rights organization, released a report at City Hall today criticizing zero tolerance in Philadelphia schools as a failed policy that makes city schools less safe, criminalizes or pushes out of school tens of thousands of students every year, and creates a School-to-Prison Pipeline.
Read moreGroundbreaking Report Explores How Intertwined Punitive Policies Contribute to America’s “Dropout Crisis”
Wednesday, January 20, 2010Press Release
Today, Advancement Project, a national civil rights organization, released a first-of-its-kind report, “Test, Punish, and Push Out: How Zero Tolerance and High-Stakes Testing Funnel Youth into the School to Prison Pipeline.” The report shows that together, zero tolerance and high-stakes testing have turned schools into hostile and alienating environments for many youth, effectively treating them as dropouts-in-waiting.
Read moreCIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS PROPOSE ZERO TOLERANCE GUIDELINES AND MODEL DISCIPLINE CODE
Thursday, July 30, 2009Press Release
(Miami, Florida, July 30, 2009) - Today, Advancement Project, a national civil rights organization working on school discipline reform in Florida, and the Florida State Conference NAACP released an action kit and model school discipline policy that will help school districts across the state revise their discipline policies as required by Florida’s new zero tolerance law.
Read moreVictory Towards Ending the School-to-Jail Track in Denver: Padres y Jovenes Unidos Win New Discipline Policy in the Denver Public Schools
Friday, August 29, 2008Commentary
After a five-year campaign to dramatically reduce the numbers of police citations and out-of-school suspensions issued by the Denver Public Schools to low-income students and students of color, Padres y Jóvenes Unidos (Parents and Youth United) claimed victory at a DPS Board meeting in August, where newly rewritten discipline policies were approved.
Read moreBoard approves new DPS discipline policy: Split vote marks apparent end to long, tangled fight
Friday, August 22, 2008Commentary
Denver Public Schools board members approved a new student discipline policy Thursday on a split vote, overriding concerns that it may put some teachers at risk and push some students into police custody. Board member Arturo Jimenez argued to delay a vote on the policy until Sept. 2 to determine whether a change proposed by the activist group Padres y Jovenes Unidos might resolve outstanding questions. But other board members said school is back in session and teachers need to know now how to respond to discipline problems.
Read moreDiscipline policy for DPS students frightens parents
Thursday, June 26, 2008Commentary
Denver Public Schools plans to launch a discipline policy that at least one civic group feels will be too broad and bring unnecessary police involvement. The plan, to be introduced tonight to the school board, includes rules that require authorities to be called for specific student-on-student incidents, including those involving sexual behaviors and witness intimidation.
Read moreChildren Need More Than Zero Tolerance
Monday, April 28, 2008Commentary
School discipline throughout the country can be summed up in two words: “zero tolerance.” Zero tolerance school discipline policies, intended to send a strong message that certain behaviors will not be tolerated by punishing all offenses severely, are causing mass exclusion of youth from school. School officials, under public pressure to do something about a perceived threat of violence in schools, apply zero tolerance as an expedient response to student misbehavior or, in many cases, typical student behavior unreasonably construed as dangerous.
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