A youth rights group is pushing Denver Public Schools to automatically purge high school discipline records that may hurt a student’s chances of getting into college. - See more at: http://www.cpr.org/news/newsbeat/purg ...
Category: End the School to Jail Track
Denver Group Wants School Discipline Records Automatically Purged
In the push to get schools to stop releasing high school disciplinary records to colleges as part of the college admissions process, a Denver-based nonprofit called Padres & Jõvenes Unidos is on the front lines.The organ ...
4th Annual Accountability Meeting
Our 4th Annual Accountability Meeting - see our youth talk about the importance of fighting racism in education - to stay in school and not pushed out to jail. ...
Release: Denver Public Schools Show Progress, But Racial Disparities Persist in Punishment.
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, April 21, 2014Contact: Alan Kaplan, 917.776.2388, alan@padresunidos.org Denver Public Schools Show Progress, But Racial Disparities Persist in Punishment. Padres & Jóvenes Unidos' report ...
Right and Wrong Answers on School Safety
Huffington Post - Politics By: Marian Wright Edelman Here's a multiple-choice quiz: Which of the following should be part of a model school safety plan? a) Proven evidence-based models for school violence reduction that ...
The Time is Now: Students Talk School and Community Safety with Secretary Duncan
Homeroom: The Official Blog of the U.S. Department of EducationMarch 18, 2013 By: Guest Blogger The fight to end the school-to-jail track and reestablish restorative justice practices is personal for Jasmine Jauregui, a ...
Limiting the role of police in our schools
Denver Post February 20, 2013 By: Ricardo Martinez Following the tragic incidents in Newtown, Conn., communities across the country are contemplating placing armed guards in schools. While the safety of children is our ...