Atasi Uppal

EBCLC’s Education Defense & Justice for Youth program interns and staff attorneys joined coalition partners from all over the state to lobby in Sacramento to support a bill we're cosponsoring. #SB274 eliminates school suspensions for "defiance or disruption.”

Read EdSource’s article featuring EBCLC’s Atasi Uppal to learn about California's proposed budget & how county offices of education will get an increase of $80 million in ongoing funding for juvenile court schools and alternative schools. edsource.org/2023/californi…

Mi investigación acerca de los traslados usado como expulsiones escondidas está disponible en español también #HechingerEnEspanol hechingerreport.org/expulsiones-di…

Yes. Disciplinary transfers in CA significantly impact Black students, and we should be worried about that.

Schools nationwide have spent years trying to reduce suspensions and expulsions -- what many call "exclusionary discipline." Forced transfers have not gotten the same attention but they do the same thing: kick kids out of school. 🧵🧵

See the latest excellent piece by @TaraGarciaM @latimes @hechingerreport on concerns about student transfers in CA. These topics are undoubtedly connected and call into question if CA has truly made progress in curbing school expulsions.

Alternative schools are often a part of a student’s experience in the #schooltoprisonpipeline - students can be transferred there because of or in lieu of school discipline.

Excited to finally share our report and action tools with the #california community. We need to pay attention to alternative education if we want to truly support all students. #educationequity @ACLU_SoCal @EBCLCNews @NCYLnews

All K-12 students deserve an engaging education that prepares them for the future. New report that shows K-12 students in some CA alternative schools are not receiving the education they deserve and recommendations for building accountability. bit.ly/CAAltEd

"The inability to conceive when you want to is so deeply personal, so painfully specific in its ability to wound, that it seems impossible that anyone has ever or could ever feel what you’re feeling." @amil writes nym.ag/3IJhFaf

The harm of overturning Roe will be immense, but there are ways to help. @megoconnor13 spoke with experts in the space to compile some "dos and don'ts" to consider in the coming months. First on the list: Support abortion funds and independent clinics. theappeal.org/heres-how-to-h…

Come work with me at my new gig @EBCLCNews - spread the word to any #lawyers who want to live in the #BayArea and work on #educationjustice #lawjobs idealist.org/en/nonprofit-j…

John Oliver @LastWeekTonight spent 25 minutes explaining why police should never be the answer to violence in schools: youtube.com/watch?v=KgwqQG… Grateful for the comprehensive and insightful piece and for lifting up our research: aclu.org/report/cops-an…

Also by the way this lack of accountability and the impact on already underserved kids is exactly what we feared in @NCYLnews pandemic planning report with @ChildrenNow @CalTog @publicadvocates - grateful to @CalMatters for following the $$ further —-> youthlaw.org/news/after-rev…

Stay tuned for a @NCYLnews @ACLU_SoCal report exploring similar issues in CA county-run schools

“I have no teeth when it comes to resolving outstanding items” said a @CADeptEd monitor of problematic school funding decisions in CA. The problem with school accountability put simply in this great @CalMatters piece calmatters.org/education/2022…

The mom that ran in and saved her kids after being handcuffed in Uvalde finally spoke out.

#AB503 helps shift our juvenile justice system from one centered around punishment to one based on care. #EndEndlessProbation ➡️ Join us in supporting CA youth: tinyurl.com/AB503NOW

@NCYLnews Curious to know what more schools outside of juvenile detention can do/are doing to alleviate these challenges.

Streaming live now! #decarceration #education featuring @JuvLaw1975 @SJP_DC @AHJNetwork