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Tag Human Rights Framework
Demanding Dignity in Our Schools Report (2012)
School discipline disparities in South LA have pushed generations of Black students out of classrooms—often without documentation, accountability, or notice to families. In South Los Angeles, a child could be removed from their classroom for hours—or sent home entirely—and no…
Redefining Dignity in our Schools (2010)
How South LA Parents Exposed the Gap Between Discipline Reform Promises and Reality What This Report Is and Why It Matters In South Los Angeles, families were told that a new discipline policy would finally move schools away from punishment…
Perfecting Our Union: Human Rights Success Stories from Across the United States
A National Spotlight on How South LA Parents Used Human Rights to Transform School Discipline What This Report Is and Why It Matters In 2010, the U.S. Human Rights Fund published Perfecting Our Union: Human Rights Success Stories from Across…
Defending Dignity in School Discipline (2007)
How Parents and Youth Exposed Punitive School Cultures—and Demanded a Human Rights Response in South LA What This Report Is and Why It Matters Before the phrase school-to-prison pipeline entered the national conversation, Black and Brown students in South Los…
Centering Human Rights Through Parent Power: A Training Manual for Organizers (2007)
How South LA Parents Claimed Education as a Human Right—and Built the Skills to Demand Accountability What This Report Is and Why It Matters Before policy wins. Before board votes. Before headlines about discipline reform. There was parent education. Centering…
More Education. Less Suspension. A Call to Action to Stop the Pushout Crisis in South Los Angeles
Parent-Led Human Rights Documentation That Exposed the Pushout Crisis Hidden Behind LAUSD’s Dropout Numbers What This Report Is and Why It Matters In June 2006, CADRE released More Education. Less Suspension. a parent-led human rights documentation report that changed the…