What Options Doc?

Urban Investigations

What Options Doc?

Fast Trash

City Studies

Fast Trash

Are You Ready for a Ruckus?

Urban Investigations

Are You Ready for a Ruckus?

Parents' Rights During COVID-19

Technical Assistance

Parents' Rights During COVID-19

Tenants' Rights to Repairs

Making Policy Public

Tenants' Rights to Repairs

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Public Access Design

¡No me han pagado!

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.

Work Forced

Public Access Design

Work Forced

What Up With DAT?

Technical Assistance

What Up With DAT?

Technical Assistance

Your School, Your Choice!

Making Policy Public

Your School, Your Choice!

Puff Puff Passed

Urban Investigations

Puff Puff Passed

Reclaim Your Worker Rights

Making Policy Public

Reclaim Your Worker Rights

Engage to Change

Technical Assistance

Engage to Change

Draw the line!

Technical Assistance

Draw the line!