[gview file=”http://situatedinfo.com/zt/files/2015/10/CSReportFFINAL-EN-rgb.pdf”] Check out our new flier with policy recommendations from youth researchers compiled during our participatory study. Coming soon in Spanish!
Author: Action Researcher
Kick-off Event!
Bushwick Campus Community School Launch On May 28th, 2015, Bushwick residents and Make the Road New York families gathered at Bushwick Playground to celebrate the launch of Bushwick Community School initiative. We came together to learn about important services and programs, and we ate delicious food, gave cooking demos, danced, made buttons, performed spoken word poetry,… Continue reading Kick-off Event!
No New School Cops!
Safe and supportive schools for all students starts with restorative justice. We say YES to #RestorativeJustice! Read the op-ed: http://bit.ly/1ZmhQMl We spend $400 million to put police in schools vs. $1 million for restorative justice. New York City Council representative Daniel Dromm leads the way to end the school to prison pipeline in NYC by… Continue reading No New School Cops!
Community, Education, & Gentrification
Comunidad, Educación, y Gentrificación How can we ensure the community school will serve long-term Bushwick residents who have fought for its existence, and not just newcomers? As Bushwick Action Research Collective’s work shifted to imagining what community schools should look like in Bushwick, we began to focus on the relationship between schools and the community… Continue reading Community, Education, & Gentrification
What Students Want and Need from School
Lo que los Estudiantes Quieren y Necesitan de la Escuela Drawing on young people’s experiences of education, activism, personal relationships, family, and reflections on life experiences, our youth researchers expressed desire for a respectful, comfortable, caring setting in which to learn. From these imaginings, youth researchers articulated an alternative educational experience, rather than constant surveillance… Continue reading What Students Want and Need from School
Mind Mapping Schools
We created maps of our schools showing where we feel most and least comfortable, most and least watched by surveillance and security, where we could or couldn’t find someone we trusted.