Student Advocacy Center worked with school board members and educators to develop a “Rethink Discipline Board Resolution,” committing districts to ending non-mandatory expulsions, analyzing discipline data and investing in alternatives. Ultimately, Washtenaw ISD,...

The U.S. Department of Education releases a guide for improving school climate and discipline.

Michigan’s Board of Education unanimously adopted a model code of conduct that emphasizes restorative practices, due process and alternatives to harmful suspension. Student Advocacy Center partnered with several other organizations to help develop the model...

Youth from Detroit, Ypsilanti and elsewhere joined together and organized an 80-mile walk for education from Detroit to Lansing to raise awareness about suspensions and expulsions for minor infractions. 125 people participated, including DHS Director Maura Corrigan,...

The Council of State Governments releases a “School Discipline Consensus Report” with strategies to keep students in school.