Mean Streets

City Studies

Mean Streets

Safe Space?

City Studies

Safe Space?

Our Voice, Our Choice

Urban Investigations

Our Voice, Our Choice

Voters Rule

City Studies

Voters Rule

Participatory Budgeting

Technical Assistance

Participatory Budgeting

What the Cell?

Urban Investigations

What the Cell?

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.

H2 Oh No!

Technical Assistance

H2 Oh No!

Block Party

City Studies

Block Party

What Options Doc?

Urban Investigations

What Options Doc?

Social Security Risk Machine

Making Policy Public

Social Security Risk Machine

Tenants' Rights to Repairs

Making Policy Public

Tenants' Rights to Repairs

Keep Your Family's Home

Public Access Design

Keep Your Family's Home

What is asylum?

Making Policy Public

What is asylum?

What's in the Water?

Making Policy Public

What's in the Water?