Help CADRE build the power of Black and Brown parents to make schools more just and accountable. Make a Donation →
Tag School Discipline & Suspensions
Demanding Parent Love and Accountability in Our Schools (2017)
How South LA Parents Exposed the Unfinished Work of Discipline Reform—and Reclaimed Their Place as Equal Partners What This Report Is and Why It Matters “How can you love the kids, but hate the parents?” That question—posed by South Los…
Are We Ready to #MeetTheMoment? (2015)
Why Policy Wins Aren’t Enough—and What It Takes to Build a Culture of Dignity in South LA Schools What This Report Is and Why It Matters A student can be removed from school without ever being “suspended.” A parent can…
2013 School Discipline Policy and School Climate Bill of Rights
The LAUSD Board Resolution That Ended Willful Defiance Suspensions and Established Students’ Right to Alternatives What This Policy Is and Why It Matters On May 14, 2013, the LAUSD Board of Education adopted one of the most significant school discipline…
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…
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…
Reclaiming Dignity in LAUSD School Discipline: School-Wide Positive Behavior Support (2007)
How a Promising Policy Aimed to Transform School Discipline—and Why Accountability Still Matters What This Report Is and Why It Matters In 2007, the Los Angeles Unified District (LAUSD) adopted a sweeping Discipline Foundation Policy centered on School-Wide Positive Behavior…
LAUSD Discipline Foundation Policy Attachments: School-Wide Positive Behavior Support
The Practical Tools That Were Supposed to Turn a Historic Policy Into Practice and Why Parent Accountability Still Matters What This Resource Is and Why It Matters When LAUSD adopted its Discipline Foundation Policy in February 2007, the policy itself…
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…