Don't Trash NYC!

Public Access Design

Don't Trash NYC!

I Heart East New York

Urban Investigations

I Heart East New York

Our Values, Our Voice, Our Vote

Making Policy Public

Our Values, Our Voice, Our Vote

The Who in the Q!

Urban Investigations

The Who in the Q!

Welcome to Health Care!

Making Policy Public

Welcome to Health Care!

In the Streets!

Urban Investigations

In the Streets!

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.

Up Closed and Personal

Urban Investigations

Up Closed and Personal

A Fair Chance

Making Policy Public

A Fair Chance

Participatory Budgeting

Technical Assistance

Participatory Budgeting

Shifty Business

Public Access Design

Shifty Business

Free For All?

City Studies

Free For All?

Block Party

City Studies

Block Party

Work Forced

Public Access Design

Work Forced

Our Values, Our Voice, Our Vote

Making Policy Public

Our Values, Our Voice, Our Vote