por Administración del COFI | Abr 15, 2016 | En los medios
Arrests are down in Chicago Public Schools and parent-led peace centers are helping to create a space “where students caught up in a conflict can get counseling and work out their issues with others.” Read more about the current state of police, arrests...
por Administración del COFI | Mar 30, 2016 | En los medios
Last week, a school security guard handcuffed a 6-year old girl for taking candy from her teacher’s desk. As Lynn Morton, POWER-PAC Co-Chair Emeritus shares in this Dignity in Schools Campaign article, “Teaching a child a lesson should be productive and...
por Administración del COFI | Mar 14, 2016 | En los medios
When communities come together, systems and policy change are more likely to happen. That’s why COFI was honored to learn that New Settlement Apartments Parent Action Committee (PAC) sees our parent-led peace centers as proof that New York City Schools should...
por Administración del COFI | Ene 11, 2016 | En los medios
According to the inaugural issue of I Am East St. Louis the Magazine, KeKeisha Beasley and other COFI parent leaders are “uniting to change the trajectory of an entire generation and the future of East St. Louis.” Read KeKeisha’s story to see how...
por Administración del COFI | Dic 20, 2015 | En los medios
Over the past 2 years, POWER-PAC parents have worked with Chicago Public Schools and VOYCE to identify and eliminate “identity-based discipline disparities” in Chicago schools. The Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University facilitated the...
por Administración del COFI | Oct 12, 2015 | En los medios
Austin Weekly News highlighted the efforts of several westside parent leaders in its article, “Serving the Community: Community Organizing and Family Issues.” Check out the story to read how POWER-PAC members in Chicago’s largest neighborhood are...
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