Discipline Equity > Family Health > Community Health
Discipline Equity > Family Health > Community Health
Discipline Intended to Value, Empower, Restore, and Teach
The DPS core values of Equity, Integrity, and Accountability, and roughly four decades of research, compel Denver school leaders to put Student Needs First and base school disciplinary policy on the needs of the children and families most impacted by them.
State agencies recommended these changes more than 5 years ago… why haven’t Denver student disciplinary practices caught up to the science?
The DIVERT Coalition seeks to end the School to Prison Pipeline by combining Prevention Science with community-led, evidence-based school policy reform that serves all Denver children for the 21st Century, transforming Public Health in Colorado forever.
Our VISION: A Denver full of healthy schools made safe for all through equitable school disciplinary policies and effective educator practices that always put Students First.
Our MISSION: Use prevention science and research data to deliver positive public health outcomes for the most vulnerable Coloradans: children.
Our GOAL: To enact evidence-based school disciplinary policy by 2024,
and bring an end to the DPS School to Prison Pipeline… forever.
Our Sponsor: The Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment:
“Evidence shows that the following actions can reduce the number of youth in custody, as well as reduce the racial disparities in punishment:
> Shift to prevention rather than punishment…
> Change what behaviors are viewed as requiring discipline, and…
> Promote positive behaviors…”
— Criminal Justice Brief (2018) CDPHE, Prevention Services Division
Courts and elected officials agree: Denver students, families, and educators deserve Equity …we deserve policy based in fact, not fear.
For our children, we deserve evidence-based schools.
DPS Student Discipline Policy (JK) | DPS Política de Disciplina Estudiantil (JK)
DPS School Discipline Procedures (JK-R)
DPS Política de Procedimientos para la Disciplina de Escuela (JK-R)
Denver School Board Resolutions | Resoluciones de la Junta Escolar de Denver
The Bailey Report (2016)
Safe and Welcoming Schools Resolution (2017)
Black Excellence Resolution (2019)
Special Education Inclusive Practices Resolution (2019)
Know Justice, Know Peace Resolution (2020)
LGBTQIA + Inclusion Resolution (2020)
Resource Officer [Police Removal] Resolution (2020)
US Federal Court Consent Decree
USDC Colorado Case 1:95-cv-02313-RPM (2012)
History of the USDC Consent Decree, 2012-Present (source: Denver School Board)
What the Evidence Says About Effective School Discipline Policy
American Psychological Association: Exclusionary Discipline and the School to Prison Pipeline (2018)
Asociacion Americana de Psicologia: El Camino de la Disciplina Excluyente al Canal de la Escuela a la Prisión (2018) [Enlace Próximamente]
Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment
Communities Organizing for Prevention Program (COFP)
Organización de Comunidades para la Prevención (COFP)
Communities Organizing for Prevention DPS-COFP Statement of Work
Comunidades Organizándose para la Prevención y DPS-COFP Declaración de Trabajo
The Link Between Academic Success & Public Health
What is “Public Health,” Anyway?
The Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) Explained: Colorado | US Health & Human Services
Shared Risk & Protective Factors
Risk Factor: Exclusionary Discipline and the School-to-Prison Pipeline
Improving Public Health Requires an Equity-based Approach
Option B (COFP) Menu of Strategies: Strengthening School District Policies to Reflect Local Needs
Related Strategy: School Policy Enforcement Review
Student Perspectives on Police-free Schools (Fresno, CA)
What is the Colorado Department of Public Health?
Public Health: A History of Inequitable Outcomes
Public Health 3.0: The 21st Century Strategy for Public Health
