Soda Census

City Studies

Soda Census

Immigrants & NY

Making Policy Public

Immigrants & NY

It's Not Just Personal

Making Policy Public

It's Not Just Personal

Your Truth, Your Rights

Public Access Design

Your Truth, Your Rights

Sign Up!

Public Access Design

Sign Up!

Reclaim Your Worker Rights

Making Policy Public

Reclaim Your Worker Rights

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.

Making the Grade

Urban Investigations

Making the Grade

A Fair Chance

Making Policy Public

A Fair Chance

Free For All?

City Studies

Free For All?

Show Me the Money!

City Studies

Show Me the Money!

Who Benefits from Community Benefit Agreements?

Urban Investigations

Who Benefits from Community Benefit Agreements?

Bail's Set... What's Next?

Public Access Design

Bail's Set... What's Next?

What You Need To Know About ACS

Making Policy Public

What You Need To Know About ACS

Figuring Out Health Insurance

Making Policy Public

Figuring Out Health Insurance