Our Work on Education & Youth

Alabama Appleseed

2019

• Hall Monitors with Handcuffs – How Alabama’s school resource officer program threatens the state’s most vulnerable children

Georgia Appleseed

2023

• Timely Tribunals and Instructional Materials: Timely Disciplinary Hearings & Instructional Materials for Students

2021

• Bridges to Behavioral Wellness
• Effective Student Discipline: Keeping Kids in Class
• ​School Justice Partnerships​
• Keeping Kids in Class Toolkit

Massachusetts Appleseed

2022

• “I Just Want to Learn”: Girls of Color and the School-to-Prison Pipeline in Massachusetts
• Massachusetts School Discipline Data Dashboard: A resource to understand disparities in school discipline across Massachusetts

2021

• The final version of a police reform bill under negotiation in the Massachusetts legislature now includes many youth-specific provisions that Massachusetts Appleseed has been actively fighting for, including provisions for public accountability on school policing, preventing racial profiling of students, and SRO MOUs and training. 

​2017

• Keep Kids in Class: New Approaches to School Discipline

2015

• ​PARENT GUIDE TO SCHOOL DISCIPLINE: ENGLISH

Oklahoma Appleseed

2023

• Misdemeanor Diversion Works: Oklahoma has been struggling to find a middle ground between punishment and rehabilitation

South Carolina Appleseed

2020

• Effective Discipline for Student Success: Reducing Student and Teacher Dropout Rates in South Carolina

Texas Appleseed

2023

• Joint Testimony in Opposition to SB 245: Submitted by Intercultural Development Research Association (IDRA), Texas Center for Justice and Equity, Texas Appleseed
• School Safety and Threat Assessments: Assessing the Student Beyond the Threat
• School Policing Is Not Synonymous With School Safety

2022

• Letter to the Texas Education Agency in support of the Framework for Bolstering School-based Mental Health Services Outlined by the White House in July 2022
• Committee on Public Education, Texas House of Representatives Invited Testimony on July 25, 2022

Massachusetts Appleseed

2022

• You’re Still Muted: Access to Justice Barriers in Massachusetts’ Virtual Small Claims Court

Texas Appleseed

2023

• Support HB 3660: Ensure Equity Between Court Systems for Juvenile Cases
• Support HB 4113: Ensure Continued Access to TJJD Aggregate Data

2022

• Prevent it. Stop it. Human Trafficking

2021

• Rightsizing the Justice System: Testimony to the Senate Finance Committee on Article V

2020

• Letter to Gov. Abbott Regarding Youth in Custody and Coronavirus
• Letter to Bexar County Officials and Judges re: COVID-19 (Texas Juvenile Facilities and Detention Centers)
• Letter to Bastrop Mayor Schroeder and the Bastrop City Council: Juvenile Curfew Ordinance
• Complaint to U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ Civil Rights Division) re: Texas Juvenile Justice Department State Secure Facilities​

2017

• A Trauma-Informed Court Doesn’t Shackle Kids
• ​End Texas’ Youth Curfew: Support HB 1332

Georgia Appleseed

2020

• Student Tribunal/Foster Child Representation

2018

• ​Juvenile Code Assessment Project

Kansas Appleseed
2019

• Racial Disparities in the Kansas Juvenile Justice System (Kansans United for Youth Justice)

2018

• Making the Case: Community-Based Alternatives to Incarceration (Kansans United for Youth Justice)

2015

• Launched the grassroots coalition Kansans United for Youth Justice

Hawaii Appleseed

2022

• Feed Our Keiki, Support Our Schools, Help Our Farmers: The missed opportunity of federal child nutrition programs in Hawai’i

Massachusetts Appleseed

2021

• Homeless Youth Handbook

Nebraska Appleseed

​2020

• RELEASE: Community Eligibility Provision is a major opportunity for Nebraska Schools, despite low national ranking
• Release: Go Big Breakfast Coalition and No Kid Hungry support Breakfast through school grants
• RELEASE: Kids and families can find meals through text service

2019

• RELEASE: More Nebraska schools eligible to fight classroom hunger with nutritious meals

New Mexico Appleseed

2022

• Our 2022 Impact Report: We Solve Complex Problems of Child Poverty

2021

• New Mexico Appleseed is piloting a cash transfer program for homeless families with children in high school, providing those students and families $500 a month for eight months in basic needs stipends if their children meet certain academic and social emotional support participation requirements. 

2020

• New Mexico Appleseed this past year wrote and won passage of legislation that eliminated reduced-price lunch payments for approximately 12,500 children in the state.
• New Mexico Appleseed published a nationally ­circulated legal memorandum outlining the legal obligations schools have to remove barriers to distance learning opportunities to the thousands of students who qualify as homeless in New Mexico under federal law.

Texas Appleseed

2022

• The Long-Lasting Impact of Eviction Records: How Eviction Records Can Keep Youth Locked Out of Housing for Years
• A Rainbow of Resources: A Resource Guide for LGBTQ+ Youth and Allies

2021

• Poster: Getting Your ID or Driver’s License (Youth Experiencing Homelessness or In Foster Care)

Georgia Appleseed

2022

• Georgia Education Climate Coalition: Georgia Appleseed led coalition of education, community and legal organizations who support positive school climate reform and policies at the state and local levels. 
• Common Disabilities and Behaviors: List of common disabilities under the IDEA and associated behaviors 
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2021

• Getting Kids the Care They Need: PeachCare and Medicaid Appeals Manual for Attorneys ​

2019

• Bridges to Behavioral Wellness
• Georgia Education Climate Coalition (GECC)
• Productive Learning Environments​

Oklahoma Appleseed

2022

• Lunch Buddies: Create a Mentoring Program at Your Church or Workplace
• HB 1775 Complaint Filed Against Clinton Public School 
• OK Appleseed Awarded $250K for At-Risk Youth Mental Health Program 

New Mexico Appleseed

2021

• New Mexico Appleseed is addressing the needs of children who are out of school due to the pandemic with their 1,2,3 Eyes on Me initiative. The proposed intervention will ensure access to healthcare, mental health support, academic support and, social-emotional support for children across the state.

Kansas Appleseed
2021

• Establishing an Office of the Child Advocate

2020

• ​A Win for Kansas Kids – Ending extreme placement instability and inadequate mental health services for kids in foster care

Georgia Appleseed
2021

• Georgia Appleseed led a multi-agency task force to develop a state Board of Education rule and guidance on how to assess children in foster care for trauma when they enroll in schools.
• The FAIR Project for Children in Foster Care

2020

• Student Tribunal Project/Foster Child Representation

2014

• Fostering Educational Success: Improving Academic Stability and Attainment for Georgia’s Children in Care

Nebraska Appleseed
2021

• Alternative Response and Non-Court Cases Explained
• Nebraska Appleseed supported youth with foster care experience in advocating to expand Nebraska’s extended foster care program to youth in the juvenile justice system.

2019

• • • RELEASE: Nebraska Appleseed files lawsuit seeking stability for Nebraska’s child welfare system
    • RELEASE: Appleseed Sends Demand Letter Seeking Stability for Nebraska’s Child Welfare System
    • RELEASE: Nebraska Native American group organizes around challenge to federal law

To learn more about Appleseed’s work on school integration and education equity, click here.

DC Appleseed

2021

• Improving Programing for D.C.’s Youngest Students with Disabilities

2017

• White Paper: Results from a Survey of DC’s Early Childhood Education Workforce

2016

• Solid Footing: Reinforcing the Early Care and Education Economy for Infants and Toddlers in DC
• A Place for Every Student: Managing Movement along the Special Education Continuum in DC

Georgia Appleseed

2011

• The Same Starting Line: How School Boards Can Erase the Opportunity Gap Between Poor and Middle-Class Children

Nebraska Appleseed

2021

• Advancing Racial Equity Benefits Us All

New York Appleseed

2022

• New York City Yellow Bus Service: Research Briefing

2021

• The Next Step: Prioritizing Equity and Recovery in NYC High School Admissions
• Appleseed Achieves Major Victory with Suspension of Middle-School “Screens”

2020

• New York Appleseed and the Movement for School Integration in New York City 2011 to 2020

Oklahoma Appleseed

2022

• Freedom to Teach Fund

Texas Appleseed
2021

• • • Education Transformed: The K-12 Experience in Texas During the Covid-19 Pandemic