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The Color of School Closures – Chicago, NYC & PhillyThe most recent rounds of mass school closures in Chicago, NYC and Philadelphia disproportionately hurt Black and low-income students. Share this infographic and send us your stories of closures in your community! Learn more and read about alternatives to closing schools here. |
School Boards Play A Key Role in Ending Suspensions |
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| The National School Boards Association (NSBA) recently voted to adopt a resolution to prevent the use of out-of-school suspensions. One of the most crucial tools to use on the local level is this new policy guide from the OTL Campaign and NSBA that details how district officials can help end the school-to-prison pipeline and highlights districts across the country that are implementing positive school discipline reforms. Read more> | |
Market-Oriented Ed Reform's Rhetoric Trumps Reality |
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A new report from the Broader, Bolder Approach to Education shines a welcome light on the failures of market-based education policies like teacher evaluations tied to high-stakes tests, school closures, and more charter schools.Take a deep dive into Washington D.C., NYC and Chicago schools to learn which "reforms" we need less of – and what to do instead. Read more> |
Arkansas Passes School Discipline Reform |
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Thanks to the work of OTL allies in Arkansas, policymakers have passed a bill that makes big changes in how the state gathers, examines and acts on school discipline data. The state DOE will now issue a report each year with district-level data on suspensions, expulsions and referrals to law enforcement, and provide districts with strategies and resources for implementing reforms. Read more> |
New York City Fails Its Own Fair Funding Measures |
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A report from New York City's Independent Budget Office reveals that 94% of schools aren't getting the resources they should be as mandated by the Department of Education's own fair student funding formula. Read more> |
How Boston Students Won A Voice in Teacher Evals. |
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In an article published in Phi Delta Kappan, Dan Chu from the Boston Student Advisory Council (BSAC) details BSAC's long and ultimately successful campaign to develop a tool for students to give constructive feedback to their teachers. Read more> |
New Orleans Closures Hurt Low-Income & ELL Students |
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Ten New Orleans schools in the Recovery School District are slated to be closed or replaced by charter schools in the coming year. Here is an update from the Vietnamese American Young Leaders Association (an OTL ally) about which students these closures are hurting the most. Read more> |
NYC's College Prep Crisis – And What to Do About It |
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New York City is caught in a college prep crisis. Budget cuts and pressure to perform well on high-stakes tests is limiting the ability of K-12 public schools to prepare students for college. This puts a financial strain on new college students who must spend precious tuition dollars on remedial classes re-learning what they should have been taught for free in high school. The City University of New York is pioneering a way to fix the problem. Read more> |
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Out of School & Off Track – The Overuse of Suspensions |
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This new report from the UCLA's Civil Rights Project is a one stop shop for all the school discipline data advocates need to fight the overuse of out-of-school suspensions. It breaks down data from over 26,000 middle and high schools by district, race, gender, elementary/secondary school level, English language learner status, and disability status. Read more> |
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