Young People Should Experience Education Justice
We believe that dismantling the school-to-prison pipeline is not limited to ending racially disproportionate suspensions from school, but requires designing the new, affirming, and inclusive learning environments that give space for young people to experience safety, wellness, and freedom. We believe we are working to create the Schools Girls Deserve.
The School Girls Deserve is a 2016 report and the result of a participatory action research (PAR) process with over 100 New York City public school students. The policy strategies articulated in the report are the framework from which we build all of our policy advocacy at GGE:
- Invest in Holistic Curriculum and Pedagogy;
- Decriminalize Learning Environments;
- Create Safe and Supportive Learning Environments; and
- Create Resourced and Dignified Schools.
Tools
- Frequently Asked Questions: Tool 1.4A of the Police-Free Schools Toolkit (September 2020)
- 12 Quick Reasons to Support Police-Free Schools: Tool 1.4B of the Police-Free Schools Toolkit (September 2020)
- Police-Free Schools Toolkit Volume 1 Launch Transcript: GGE in Conversation with Teachers Unite (September 2020)
Reports & Fact Sheets
- The State of Black Girls Issue Brief: School Suspensions During Remote Learning (June 2021)
- Fund Care & Communities: New York City Budget Demands for Fiscal Year 2022 & Beyond (June 2021)
- Accessing School Support Staff in a Time of Crisis: Analyzing 2021 School Counselor & Social Worker Staffing in NYC Public Schools (March 2021)
- Examining Student Discipline During Remote Learning: An Analysis of the Annual Student Safety Act Data (November 2020)
- Suspension-Free Schools: Using Data to Demand a Statewide Moratorium on Suspensions in a Time of Educational Crisis (September 2020)
- Shrinking Policing in the Name of Public Health: Fighting for Budget Justice During COVID-19 (June 2020)
- What We Mean When We Demand Police-Free Schools (May 2020)
- Suspending Self-Expression: Punishing Girls of Color in New York City Schools Through School Dress Code Enforcement (January 2020)
- School Policing Disparities for Black Girls: Analyzing Reported NYPD Interventions During School Year 2018-19 (January 2020)
- Uncovering Discipline Disparities for Girls & TGNC/NB Youth: Response to the November 2019 Student Safety Act Data Release (November 2019)
- Criminalized and Unprotected: School Police Violence Against Girls of Color by Ry Walker (August 2019)
- How Comprehensive Sexual Health Education Can Decrease Sexual Harassment by Ry Walker (August 2019)
Testimony & Letters
- Testimony Before the New York City Council Committees on Education, Criminal Justice, and General Welfare – Oversight: Educational Programming in Jails and Juvenile Detention (April 2021)
- Testimony Before the New York City Council Committee on Education – Preliminary Budget (March 2021)
- Testimony Before the New York City Council Committee on Finance – Preliminary Budget (March 2021)
- Testimony Before the New York City Council Committee on Education – School Policing Legislative Package (February 2021)
- Testimony Before the New York City Council Committee on Education – Oversight: Examining Social-Emotional Learning and Support Staff in Schools (November 2020)
- Letter to the Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education: A Restorative Reopening Plan (August 2020)
- Testimony Before the New York State Assembly Committee on Education – Governance of the New York City School District (December 2019)
- Ending PUSHOUT Act Congressional Briefing – Testimony Delivered by GGE Youth Program Participants (December 2019)
- Testimony Before the New York City Council Committee on Women and Gender Equity – Oversight: Access, Resources, and Support for Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming New Yorkers (November 2019)
- Testimony Before the New York City Council Committees on Education and Public Safety – Oversight: School Emergency Preparedness and Safety (September 2018)
- Testimony Before the New York State Senate and Assembly – Sexual Harassment in the Workplace (March 2018)
- Testimony Before the New York City Council Committee on Education – Oversight: Education Preliminary Budget (March 2018)
Public Statements & Press
- City councilman seeks mental health help for students during pandemic – News 12 (November 2020)
- Ahead of school reopening, advocates urge NYC to halt suspensions and specify mental health supports – Chalkbeat (August 2020)
- Students at mostly Black NYC schools are more likely to have negative feelings about school police – Chalkbeat (June 2020)
- Advocates Renew Calls to Remove NYPD from Public Schools – Spectrum News (June 2020)
- New York City Council Members Call for a Citywide Gender-Inclusive Dress Code – Teen Vogue (January 2020)
- Study Finds That Dress Codes in City Schools Tend to Target Girls – Spectrum News (January 2020)
