Staff Attorney Alex Santa Ana presented on a panel at the annual conference of the National Legal Aid & Defender Association (NLADA) held October 26-29 in Arlington, Virginia. The panel was on “Cultivating Impactful Organizational and Community Partnerships in Systemic Education Legal Advocacy.” Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County, Equal Justice Society, Disability RightsContinue reading “Staff Attorney Alex Santa Ana on Panel at NLADA Annual Conference”
Category Archives: School-to-Prison
Calif. Dept. of Education Ignores Clear Patterns of Discrimination in School Discipline
A lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court on October 6, 2021, by NLSLA, Equal Justice Society, and pro bono counsel Mayer Brown LLP seeks to force the California Department of Education to increase monitoring of discipline data, expand reporting requirements to account for transfers, and investigate and address discriminatory discipline. Even as publiclyContinue reading “Calif. Dept. of Education Ignores Clear Patterns of Discrimination in School Discipline”
The California Endowment Awards $200,000 Grant to EJS to Remedy Disparate School Discipline
The California Endowment has awarded a $200,000 grant to the Equal Justice Society to improve the social and emotional health of youth by reducing the use of harsh discipline and increasing the use of positive, trauma-responsive practices throughout California. The grant will allow EJS to explore the development of a statewide network of schools modelContinue reading “The California Endowment Awards $200,000 Grant to EJS to Remedy Disparate School Discipline”