Kids in Class: Additional Resources

Resources that help communities understand the scope of the ‘school-to-prison pipeline’ and to achieve better outcomes for students and their families.

Publications

Effective Student Discipline: Keeping Kids in Class: An Assessment of Georgia’s Public School Disciplinary Policies, Practices and Outcomes
This report provides a comprehensive, objective assessment of public school student discipline in Georgia and identifies changes that could benefit all of Georgia’s students.

Organizations

Georgia Parent Support Network (GPSN) – The community-based network aims to provide support for parents of children with severe emotional disturbances and advocate for comprehensive, family-driven mental health services while also reducing the stigma of mental illness and administering programs that fill gaps in the existing mental health system in Georgia.
Parent to Parent of Georgia offers a variety of services to Georgia families of children with disabilities or special healthcare needs.
The Governor’s Office of Student Achievement’s K-12 Discipline Dashboard provides additional information about school discipline rates
Georgia Insights is an initiative of the Georgia Department of Education, focused on improving the clarity and accessibility of district and school-level data (including School Climate!) through public-friendly and easy-to-use dashboards.