{"id":24,"date":"2011-03-07T04:58:23","date_gmt":"2011-03-07T04:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cadre-la.org\/core\/?page_id=24"},"modified":"2014-11-26T22:57:51","modified_gmt":"2014-11-26T22:57:51","slug":"accomplishments","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cadre-la.org\/core\/accomplishments\/","title":{"rendered":"Accomplishments"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"dslc-theme-content\"><div id=\"dslc-theme-content-inner\"><p><em>Accomplishments and Long-Term Goal<\/em>s<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Our First 12 Years (2001 \u2013 2013)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Spoke to over 10,000 parents and built our own grassroots database of South LA parents since 2001<\/li>\n<li>Published an action research report entitled: <em>\u201cWe Interrupt This Crisis \u2013 With Our Own Side of the Story: Relationships Between South LA Parents and Schools&#8221;<\/em> in English and Spanish \u00a0(2004)<\/li>\n<li>Filed and resolved two dozen complaints about inadequate resources to ensure compliance with the 2004 Williams v. California settlement (2005)<\/li>\n<li>Received media coverage in major and ethnic community newspapers, public radio, and television newscasts, such as the Los Angeles Times, La Opini\u00f3n, KPFK 90.7, KPCC 89.3, KNBC Channel 4, and Univisi\u00f3n KMEX<\/li>\n<li>Collected nearly 50 stories of suspensions and over 120 surveys of youth who did not finish high school in our human rights documentation project, resulting in a report, \u201cMore Education. Less Suspension. A Call to Action to Stop the Pushout Crisis in South Los Angeles\u201d \u00a0(2006)<\/li>\n<li>Held a \u201cpeople\u2019s hearing\u201d on school discipline practices and pushout attended by 100 community members \u00a0(2006)<\/li>\n<li>Influenced and secured Los Angeles Unified School District&#8217;s (LAUSD&#8217;s) adoption of the most progressive and comprehensive <a title=\"LAUSD Discipline Foundation Policy - Bulletin 3638\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cadre-la.org\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/LAUSD-Discipline-Foundation-Policy-SWPBS-BUL-3638.0-March-2007.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">district-wide school discipline policy in the nation, based on positive behavior support <\/a>\u00a0(2007)<\/li>\n<li>Launched Parent Educational Empowerment Academy, introducing 250 South LA parents to advocacy in their children&#8217;s education (2008 &#8211; current)<\/li>\n<li>Piloted and sustained grassroots, community-led monitoring of LAUSD&#8217;s School-Wide Positive Behavior Support Discipline Foundation Policy \u00a0(2008 &#8211; current)<\/li>\n<li>Helped found and launch national <a title=\"Dignity in Schools Campaign\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dignityinschools.org\" target=\"_blank\">Dignity in Schools Campaign (DSC)<\/a> and local Los Angeles chapter<\/li>\n<li>Released first-ever &#8220;shadow report&#8221; \u00a0in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cadre-la.org\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/9995_RedefDignityShadowReptExecSumm.final2_.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">English<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cadre-la.org\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Redef-Dignity-ES-Spanish-FINAL-03.11.11.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Spanish<\/a> assessing LAUSD&#8217;s discipline policy implementation in South LA, as a result of two-year parent-led monitoring in collaboration with <a title=\"Public Counsel - Children's Rights\" href=\"http:\/\/www.publiccounsel.org\/practice_areas\/childrens_rights\">Public Counsel Law Center<\/a>\u00a0 (2010) \u00a0<em>Also see: \u00a0<a title=\"Fix School Discipline\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fixschooldiscipline.org\">Fix School Discipline<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li>Helped ensure that School-Wide Positive Behavior Support implementation was institutionalized as part of ongoing LAUSD reform \u00a0(2012)<\/li>\n<li>Co-facilitated launch of California-wide collaboration on school discipline reform with increased access for grassroots communities \u00a0(2012 &#8211; current)<\/li>\n<li>Completed and published the first-ever <a title=\"HIA Exec Summary - English\" href=\"http:\/\/www.humanimpact.org\/component\/jdownloads\/finish\/7\/171\/0\" target=\"_blank\">Health Impact Assessment (HIA) on school discipline policies in SouthLA<\/a>, in partnership with <a title=\"Human Impact Partners\" href=\"http:\/\/www.humanimpact.org\" target=\"_blank\">Human Impact Partners<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Supported five (5) new school discipline bills being signed into law, which strengthen the mandate for alternatives to suspensions and the supports for students \u00a0(2012)<\/li>\n<li>Helped launch <a title=\"Solutions Not Suspensions\" href=\"http:\/\/stopsuspensions.org\" target=\"_blank\">Solutions Not Suspensions: \u00a0A National Call for a Moratorium on Out-of-School Suspensions<\/a>, as a joint effort between the <a title=\"DSC\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dignityinschools.org\" target=\"_blank\">Dignity in Schools Campaign<\/a> and the <a title=\"OTL\" href=\"http:\/\/www.otlcampaign.org\" target=\"_blank\">Opportunity to Learn Campaign<\/a>\u00a0 (2012)<\/li>\n<li>Became a part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/csgjusticecenter.org\/youth\/projects\/school-discipline-consensus-project\/\" target=\"_blank\">School Discipline Consensus Project<\/a> of the federal Supportive School Discipline Initiative, a national multi-stakeholder effort to outline and recommend the best practices in transforming school discipline into positive student, family, and community support \u00a0(2012 &#8211; current)<\/li>\n<li>Helped shift the public debate and elevate the school-to-prison pipeline crisis to national attention &#8212; U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary&#8217;s Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights held first-ever Congressional hearing on &#8220;Ending the School-to-Prison Pipeline&#8221; attended by over 400 youth and parents \u00a0(2012)<\/li>\n<li>Joined with the Brothers, Sons, Selves Coalition to develop and support the adoption of the <a title=\"2013 School Discipline and School Climate Bill of Rights\" href=\"http:\/\/www.publiccounsel.org\/tools\/assets\/files\/2013-School-Climate-Bill-of-Rights-Policy-FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">2013 School Discipline and School Climate Bill of Rights<\/a> resolution by LAUSD \u00a0(2013)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--nextpage--><br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>The Next 3 Years (2013 &#8211; 2016)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Full implementation of LAUSD\u2019s &#8220;<a title=\"2013 School Discipline and School Climate Bill of Rights\" href=\"http:\/\/www.publiccounsel.org\/tools\/assets\/files\/2013-School-Climate-Bill-of-Rights-Policy-FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">School Discipline and School Climate Bill of Rights<\/a>&#8221; resolution and \u201c<a title=\"LAUSD SWPBS Discipline Foundation Policy - Bulletin 3638\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cadre-la.org\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/LAUSD-Discipline-Foundation-Policy-SWPBS-BUL-3638.0-March-2007.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">School-Wide Positive Behavior Support Discipline Foundation Policy<\/a>\u201d, with proactive discipline, effective alternatives to classroom\/school removals, integrated parent participation, and consistent monitoring practiced at all schools<\/li>\n<li>Significant decrease in student suspensions and involuntary transfers, and increase in high school graduation and college-going rates in South LA schools, and for African American students in particular<\/li>\n<li>Respectful school environments in which parents can effectively exercise their human right to participate in schools and hold them accountable<\/li>\n<li>Vibrant parent and youth-led movement to dismantle policies and practices that contribute to the school-to-prison pipeline, locally, statewide, and nationally<\/li>\n<li>Increased public will and mobilization to protect and promote public education and the human rights of families in low-income communities of color<\/li>\n<li>Remaining an independent parent-led, membership organization with a comprehensive parent action and leadership development center in South LA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Accomplishments and Long-Term Goals Our First 12 Years (2001 \u2013 2013) Spoke to over 10,000 parents and built our own grassroots database of South LA parents since 2001 Published an&#8230; 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