Field Guide to Federalism

City Studies

Field Guide to Federalism

Voters Rule

City Studies

Voters Rule

Hello, My Name is Minimum Wage

City Studies

Hello, My Name is Minimum Wage

From Shelter to Apartment

Making Policy Public

From Shelter to Apartment

Is Your Landlord Using Construction to Harass You?

Technical Assistance

Is Your Landlord Using Construction to Harass You?

What is asylum?

Making Policy Public

What is asylum?

Print The Good, Bad, & Unknown

On September 7, 2017, Chancellor Carmen Fariña of the New York City Department of Education (DOE) sent families a letter to introduce the updated Citywide Behavioral Expectations to Support Student Learning (Discipline Code) for students K-12. The letter encouraged families to read a total of 80 pages on disciplinary responses and interventions. What are the standards of student behavior? What are the consequences? Who decides?

In the spring of 2018, CUP collaborated with Teaching Artist Nupur Mathur and public high school students from the KAPPA International High School in the Bronx to investigate these questions.

Students got out of the classroom to survey their school community on student rights and responsibilities, and interview key DOE staff on school safety. This newspaper is a guide to what students learned about the Discipline Code, how it impacts students and their families, and what it means for the future of their school.

Are You Ready for a Ruckus?

Urban Investigations

Are You Ready for a Ruckus?

Test Ride

City Studies

Test Ride

What Do Incarcerated Parents Need to Know About ACS?

Technical Assistance

What Do Incarcerated Parents Need to Know About ACS?

Reclaim Your Worker Rights

Making Policy Public

Reclaim Your Worker Rights

En El Campo De Los Impuestos

Making Policy Public

En El Campo De Los Impuestos

What the Cell?

Urban Investigations

What the Cell?

Record It. Report It!

Public Access Design

Record It. Report It!

It's Not Just in Our Heads

Urban Investigations

It's Not Just in Our Heads