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From Lockers to Lockdown: Black Boys, Special Education and the STPP
Gwinnett Coalition to Dismantle the School To Prison Pipeline (Gwinnett SToPP), Georgia Council for Developmental Disabilities (GCDD), and Interfaith Children’s Movement in conjunction with the Dignity in Schools Week Of Action, hosted “From Lockers to Lockdown: Black Boys, Special Education and the School to Prison Pipeline” last Saturday. The event explored racial equity in schools and…
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Gwinnett SToPP Mobilizes to Remove SROs from Gwinnett County Public Schools
Partners, stakeholders and friends, it is time to pay attention and get involved. The change we have been working for is here and we have work to do to make sure we capture it. This evening Marlyn Tillman will speak before the Gwinnett County School Board to demand an end to school resource officers in…
S.E.L.F. (Self-Determination, Empowerment, Love Freedom)
Toyasha Vaughn, 2014 Parent Leadership Institute graduate has been hard at work in Gwinnett County establishing an empowerment program for girls called S.E.L.F. (Self-Determination, Empowerment, Love Freedom). Ivy Preparatory Academy at Kirkwood, a gender-focused charter school, partnered with Toyasha to implement Professional Development Wednesday. She provided age-appropriate workshops with the entire student body focused on…
Parent Leadership Institute Announces 2015 Graduates!
Congratulations to the graduates of this year’s Parent Leadership Institute. Over the course of six months the participants met with national policy makers, legal experts, educational experts and data analysts to get a complete picture of national educational trends and what they mean on a local level. Each participant has been involved in the…
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Meet Amina
Meet Amina B, one of our summer interns. Amina is a Junior Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies major at Georgia State, driven to create systemic and communal changes from an intersectional approach. She began her journey in high school where she attended Meadowcreek High School and was made aware of the various challenges students face…
How Much Is it Worth to You To Send Your Kids To School When They’re Ready?
The Good News This week the state legislature is exploring a number of education reform bills. We aren’t sure what value they have in total but it is definitely a good thing that legislators are turning their attention back to the quality of education being served up in Georgia. It would seem that the…