Soak It Up!

City Studies

Soak It Up!

Your School, Your Choice!

Making Policy Public

Your School, Your Choice!

Innocent Until Proven Risky

Making Policy Public

Innocent Until Proven Risky

What Is Zoning?

Envisioning Development

What Is Zoning?

Show Up

Public Access Design

Show Up

Block Party

City Studies

Block Party

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.

Housing Court Help

Public Access Design

Housing Court Help

Our Voice, Our Choice

Urban Investigations

Our Voice, Our Choice

Your Guide to Welfare in NYC

Making Policy Public

Store Stories

City Studies

Store Stories

Test Ride

City Studies

Test Ride

A Bet on Debt

City Studies

A Bet on Debt

Are You Ready for a Ruckus?

Urban Investigations

Are You Ready for a Ruckus?

Is Your Neighborhood Getting Too Expensive?

Technical Assistance