Shifty Business

Public Access Design

Shifty Business

What's in the Water?

Making Policy Public

What's in the Water?

Your School, Your Choice!

Making Policy Public

Your School, Your Choice!

Free For All?

City Studies

Free For All?

Field Guide to Federalism

City Studies

Field Guide to Federalism

Engage to Change

Technical Assistance

Engage to Change

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.

Power Trip

Urban Investigations

Power Trip

Trouble With Your Water Bill?

Public Access Design

Trouble With Your Water Bill?

Soda Census

City Studies

Soda Census

En El Campo De Los Impuestos

Making Policy Public

En El Campo De Los Impuestos

Stand Clear of the Rising Fares

Urban Investigations

Stand Clear of the Rising Fares

Your School, Your Choice!

Making Policy Public

Your School, Your Choice!

From Shelter to Apartment

Making Policy Public

From Shelter to Apartment

What You Need To Know About ACS

Making Policy Public

What You Need To Know About ACS