Resources

School based arrests and zero tolerance

• Sample memorandums of agreement
  • MOA – Manchester Public Schools
  • Windham Public Schools Discipline Policy
  • MOA – Windham Public Schools
  • MOA – JJAC
• The Advancement Project
  Successes around the country in reducing school-based arrests
  
• Fact sheets
  • School based arrests
  • Zero tolerance
• Marian Wright Edelman on zero tolerance
• How school based arrests hurt kids of color
• Stemming the tide of school-based arrests
• State offers training and funding to help schools, police work better together

Truancy

• Brochure on improving school attendance
  • English
  • Spanish
• National Center for School Engagement
  Policies that promote attendance, attachment and achievement
  
• OJJDP report on truancy reduction
• Fact sheet on truancy

Racial disparities

• Racial disparities in Connecticut
  
• National statistics and resources
  
• Models for Change
  The Center for Law and Policy’s project to eliminate disparity
  
• How school based arrests hurt kids of color
  
• Fact sheet on race and juvenile justice
• Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance resources