Research

FROM CRIMINALIZATION TO EDUCATION

From Criminalization to Education is a community-authored report by the Police-Free LAUSD Coalition that reimagines what true safety in Los Angeles schools could look like without police. Drawing from decades of advocacy and input from over 200 students, parents, educators, and community leaders, the report traces the history of school policing, exposes its disproportionate harm to Black and Brown youth, and presents a five-point framework for building safe, culturally attuned, and supportive schools.

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Left Out

Media bias allows wealthier and healthier communities to set terms of in-person instruction debate

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Give Kids a Chance

In a shocking demonstration of institutional racism, as California’s public school population has increased in its percentage of students of color, the state’s per-pupil spending ranking among the states has fallen dramatically.

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