Data can be a useful tool to inform and strengthen your advocacy. Learn more about using data in your advocacy by watching the webinar and follow the links below to find online data tools, guides and other resources. You can also find topical fact sheets in the advocacy toolkits listed in the Keep Kids Learning Institute.

Finding the Data

School Discipline & Climate

Florida Department of Education

• Discipline Data

• PK-12 Public School Data Publications & Reports

• Safe Schools Funding and Expenditure Reports

US Department of Education 

• Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC)
• IDEA Data Tables: Discipline

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS)

Juvenile Justice

Florida Department of Juvenile Justice

• Data Reports

US Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention 

• Statistical Briefing Book

Requesting Data

• Florida Attorney General: Guide to Open Government

• First Amendment Foundation: Tips When Requesting Public Records

Analyzing the Data

Guides

• ACLU-FL Navigating School-to-Prison Pipeline Data

• ACLU-PA Using Data

Reports

• Caruthers Institute, Stepping Up: Florida's Florida s Top Juvenile Pre-Arrest Diversion Efforts

• ACLU, Race, Discipline, and Safety in US Public Schools

• ACLU, Students Due Process Rights and Alternative School in Florida

• SPLC, School-to-Prison Pipeline Campaign Snapshot