Research & Publications

Publication
Jun 1, 2017
Digital Privacy
  • Students’ Rights|
  • +1 Issue

REPORT: High School Non-Confidential: How Schools May be Peering Into Your Home (June 2017)

Publication
Feb 1, 2016
Open Meetings
  • Government Transparency

REPORT: Hidden Agendas: Violations of the Open Meetings Act's Public Notice Requirement (February 2016)

Publication
Nov 11, 2015
Report
  • Students’ Rights|
  • +2 Issues

REPORT: Oversuspended and Underserved: RI's School Suspension Disparities 2014-2015 (November 2015)

Publication
Jun 4, 2015
Report
  • Students’ Rights|
  • +2 Issues

REPORT: Suspended Education (June 2015)

Publication
May 5, 2015
Blacklisted: Final Report (May 2015)
  • Students’ Rights|
  • +1 Issue

REPORT: Blacklisted: Final Report (May 2015)

School suspensions in RI reached their highest rates in a decade in 2014, and racial disparities in school discipline data got worse, not better, since our previous reports on this issue.
Publication
Mar 10, 2015
Gender Report
  • Gender Equality|
  • +3 Issues

REPORT: Girls Just Wanna Darn Socks: RI Public School Support of Gender Stereotyping (March 2015)

Despite progress toward gender equality, gender-exclusive student events continue to perpetuate stereotypes. That’s the finding of this report, based on a survey of 40 elementary schools in 16 school districts.
Publication
Feb 19, 2015
Report
  • Racial Justice|
  • +3 Issues

REPORT: The School-to-Prison Pipeline in Black & White (February 2015)

Publication
Sep 24, 2014
Report
  • Government Transparency|
  • +2 Issues

REPORT: Update - Police Compliance with Web-Posting Provisions of the Racial Profiling Act (Oct 2014)

Publication
Sep 17, 2014
Report
  • Government Transparency

REPORT: Access Limited An Audit of Compliance with the RI Open Records Law (Sept 2014)