por Administración del COFI | 4 de agosto de 2021 | Justicia elemental, En los medios
“Parent and activist Dexter Leggin said under-resourced schools also feel like police are their only option for dealing with troubled students. Leggin works with the parent action group, COFI. ‘When a kid is acting up, we don’t have the resources,’...
por Administración del COFI | Jul 9, 2021 | Justicia elemental, En los medios
Maria Leticia (Letty) Toribio, copresidenta de la Campaña de Justicia Primaria de POWER-PAC IL, habló con NBC 5 para su serie Race in Chicago sobre las continuas disparidades educativas en la ciudad, hablando específicamente sobre la disciplina escolar. Mira la historia aquí.
por Administración del COFI | Jul 8, 2021 | Justicia elemental, En los medios
“Parents such as Monica Alba agree that boosting counselor staffing is key. Through the parent group Community Organizing and Family Issues, Alba has been involved in advocacy to mandate lower counselor ratios across Illinois. When her son was in fifth grade...
por Administración del COFI | Mar 31, 2021 | Justicia elemental
Above: POWER-PAC IL parent leaders Dexter Leggin and Lynn Morton advocating during Fall 2020’s Counselors Not Cops campaign. Since the early 2000s, POWER-PAC IL parents have led the charge in ending the school-to-prison pipeline. So far, they’ve won a...
por Administración del COFI | 25 de febrero de 2021 | Justicia elemental, En los medios
“At the community meetings, the conversation focused on residents’ experiences with campus police and possible safety alternatives to the program. On Tuesday night, at a discussion led by the parent group COFI Power PAC, the grandmother of a student who was...
por Administración del COFI | Jul 17, 2020 | Campaña de Aprendizaje Temprano, Justicia elemental, En los medios
“Lety Patino, the mother of twin freshmen daughters in Chicago’s Hermosa neighborhood, said her family’s experience with remote learning this past spring was extremely trying. Her students did not receive computers from the district until close to the end of the...
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