por Administración del COFI | Jul 1, 2011 | Justicia elemental
More Tolerance in New CPS Code of Conduct, By Noreen S. Ahmed-Ullah, Tribune Reporter Chicago Public Schools has adopted a new student discipline policy that one parent group (POWER-PAC) says moves the district a step away from zero tolerance. Staff...
por Administración del COFI | Mar 1, 2011 | Justicia elemental, Salud, Alimentación y Recreo, POWER-PAC IL
U.S. Department of Education Director of Community Outreach Alberto Retana came to meet with POWER-PAC parent leaders on March 17th. They held a wide-ranging, two-hour dialogue where they talked about what the federal government can do to support the engagement of...
por Administración del COFI | Dic 1, 2010 | Justicia elemental, POWER-PAC IL
COFI se enorgullece de publicar la Guía de padres a padres: Justicia restaurativa en las escuelas públicas de Chicago: detener el proceso de la escuela a la prisión.
por Administración del COFI | Nov 1, 2010 | Justicia elemental, POWER-PAC IL
On November 13th, fifty POWER-PAC parent leaders joined over a hundred other parents, youth, teachers, and religious officials to launch the High HOPES (Healing Over the Punishment of Expulsions and Suspensions) Campaign. The campaign calls upon Chicago Public Schools...
por Administración del COFI | Abr 1, 2008 | Justicia elemental
According to the Chicago Tribune, school-related violence has claimed the lives of 22 district students so far this school year. These statistics have led some to call for harsher gun penalties, and longer suspensions and expulsions of juveniles exhibiting disruptive...
por Administración del COFI | Sep 1, 2007 | Justicia elemental
Restorative justice in schools has picked up steam in response to “zero tolerance” policies, which lead to “schoolhouse-to-jailhouse tracking” Restoring Classroom Justice, September 2007 – In These Times By: Lewis Wallace When the Chicago School Board passed a...