Update: On Monday, September 9, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 419, which will expand...
School to Prison Pipeline
Opinion: We Must Disrupt the School-to-Prison Pipeline
By Senator Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) Despite recent efforts to reduce California’s prison...
A Historic Win for Students, Parents, and Advocates: LAUSD Officials Vote to End Random, Ineffective Searches in Schools
In 2011, the Los Angeles Unified School District established a policy requiring schools to subject...
LA School Police Are Over-Arresting Students—Especially Black Students— Says New UCLA Report
A brand new report released by UCLA’s Million Dollar Hoods Project contains disturbing data...
Even as California’s Student Suspensions Fell 46% Over the Past 6 Years, the ‘Discipline Gap’ for Black Children Remained as Wide as Ever
Suspensions in California fell by 46 percent since 2011. But disparities between black students and...
“Get Out!” Report Breaks Down Black Male Suspensions During 2016-2017 School Year
A new study of race and school discipline in California counties has revealed that the black male...