Teachers Unite Response to FY22 Budget
Lift Us Up! Don’t Push Us Out
Sally Lee (Exec. Dir.) and E.M. Eisen-Markowitz (Board Member) co-authored an essay in this collection:
Building Safe, Supportive and Restorative School Communities in New York City, Vol. I
Dignity in Schools Campaign New York (DSC-NY), Make the Road New York, Teachers Unite, NESRI (The National Economic and Social Rights Initiative, and the NYU School of Law Advanced Mediation Clinic co-authored an essay that describes the need for restorative practices in schools, and provides in-depth information about restorative practices and conflict resolution strategies. The…
The Disappearance of Black and Latino/a Educators
Teachers Unite collaborated with NYU, CUNY, educators, and students to write an essay that addresses the shrinking numbers of Black and Latinx educators in NY public schools. Despite having a student population that is 70% Black or Latinx, Black and Latinx educators only make up about 34% of public school teachers. The essay discusses the…
Invest In Schools Not Police
Teachers Unite worked with students and educators to create a video that calls for greater investment in public education and Restorative Justice, and divestment from police in schools. Schools need real resources and support to transform into restorative, just, and inclusive communities. Students and educators across city are proclaiming that police officers and metal detectors have…
Building Safe, Supportive and Restorative School Communities in New York City, Vol. III
The third volume of the collaborative report written by DSC-NY, Make the Road NY, NESRI, the Parent Action Committee, and Teachers Unite, this report discusses the work New Yorkers have done to create positive, safe, and inclusive schools that respect the dignity of all school community members. In this report, students, educators, and families worked together…
Building Safe, Supportive and Restorative School Communities in New York City, Vol. II
This is the second collaborative report written by Dignity in Schools Campaign New York (DSC-NY), Make the Road New York, Teachers Unite, NESRI (The National Economic and Social Rights Initiative, and the NYU School of Law Advanced Mediation Clinic. The report describes the harmful effects of strict disciplinary policies and police interventions on school culture…
Your Schools, Your Voice
Teachers Unite, the Urban Justice Center, and the Community Development Project collaborated to write this report about the impact of mayoral control on community participation in school leadership. The essay details how top-down mayoral policy decisions can have a harmful effect on schools, and undermine democratic participation in schools by taking away decision-making power from…
Teachers Talk: School Culture, Safety and Human Rights
The National Economic and Social Rights Initiative (NESRI) worked with Teachers Unite to hold conversations with teachers, counselors, deans, and other school staff about school safety and discipline in schools, and to publish a report on the detrimental effects of aggressive policing, punitive disciplinary measures, and negative classroom environments on school culture and safety. The…
Schools Are Us
Democracy only works if you use it “Schools Are Us” is an instructional guide and grassroots organizing tool from Teachers Unite about the power that parents, students, and educators have to make change in their schools. Created in collaboration with CUP and designer Silas Munro, this issue of Making Policy Public includes a fold-out poster that lays out the different…