Results List
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Black Girls Matter: Pushed Out, Overpoliced and Underprotected
Source: African American Policy Forum and Center for Intersectionality and Social Policy Studies
Black girls in the U.S. were suspended six times more than white girls, according to recent federal data. Girls of color also face specific factors that push them out of school, like sexual assault, criminalization and teacher stereotyping, yet girls are often excluded from current…
Resource type: Research Report
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Two Wrongs Don’t Make a Right: Why Zero Tolerance is Not the Solution to Bullying
Source: The Advancement Project, Alliance for Educational Justice and Gay-Straight Alliance Network
Bullying. We’ve all been there. At one point or another. And it hurt. A lot. Think back to when you were in grade school the bullies you met on the playground, or in high school in the cafeteria at lunch time. They were there then,…
Resource type: Research Report
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Atlantic Insights: Government Partnerships & Engagement
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
As detailed in this new Atlantic Insights, partnering and engaging with government was a key strategy in the foundation’s work to provide people with opportunity, dignity and equity. The volume’s three case studies show how Atlantic engaged with government to help: Keep U.S. students off the…
Resource type: Research Report
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A Model Code on Education and Dignity
Source: Dignity in Schools Campaign
Current educational policies and practices are pushing millions of young people out of school. This “pushout” crisis is fueled by many factors, including zero-tolerance and other punitive discipline policies. This report presents a set of recommended policies to schools, districts and legislators to help end school…
Resource type: Research Report
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The Urgency of Now: The Schott 50 State Report on Public Education and Black Males
Source: Schott Foundation for Public Education
This report from the Schott Foundation for Public Education, an Atlantic grantee, finds that only 52 percent of Black male and 58 per cent of Latino male ninth-graders graduate from high school four years later, while 78 per cent of White, non-Latino male ninth-graders graduate…
Resource type: Research Report
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Value, Time, and Time-Limited Philanthropy
Source: Tony Proscio, Duke Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civil Society
Leaders of limited-life foundations often assert that spending all of their resources in a relatively short period gives them the ability to do more good, to produce more social value, than if they were to hold the same resources in a lasting endowment and disburse…
Resource type: Research Report
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Zero Tolerance in Philadelphia
Source: Youth United for Change and the Advancement Project
“Zero tolerance” policies in schools are harming children in Philadelphia, according to this report by Youth United for Change and the Advancement Project. They punish any rule infraction, regardless of severity or circumstances, and often use school expulsion or police involvement even to address minor…
Resource type: Research Report
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The Valedictorian
Source: StoryCorps
Damon Smith had been suspended more than 20 times before entering high school. After working with Eric Butler, a restorative justice counselor, Smith graduated at the head of his class. Learn More > How Did this High School Student Go From Being Suspended 20 Times…
Resource type: Video
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My Brother’s Keeper 2016 Progress Report
Source: The White House
On the first anniversary of the My Brother’s Keeper initiative, President Barack Obama greets Gerard Contee during a mentee lunch in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, Feb. 27, 2015. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) This is the latest progress report…
Resource type: Research Report
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Texas Schools Giving Tickets for Bad Behavior
In this interview on Fox 5 News, Texas Appleseed’s Deputy Director Deborah Fowler discusses how student discipline is increasingly moving from the schoolhouse to the courthouse. More information on this trend can be found in Texas Appleseed’s recent report Texas’ School-to-Prison Pipeline.
Resource type: Video