Harold Jordan

Harold Jordan

Pronouns: He, Him, His

Nationwide Education Equity Coordinator

Advocacy & Policy

Bio

Harold Jordan is Nationwide Education Equity Coordinator at the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania. He is the author of Beyond Zero Tolerance: Discipline and Policing in Pennsylvania Schools, co-author of Cops and No Counselors: How the Lack of School Mental Health Staff is Harming Students, co-author of Student Arrests in Allegheny County Schools: The Need for Transparency and Accountability, and the editor of Know Your Rights: A Handbook for Public School Students in Pennsylvania. Mr. Jordan serves on the professional advisory board of the Learning Disabilities Association of America. Past leadership roles include serving on the coordinating committee of the national Dignity in Schools Campaign, chairing the board of the Philadelphia Public School Notebook, a nonprofit news service reporting on the city’s public schools, and directing a national youth program at the American Friends Service Committee. Mr. Jordan participated in the 2015 White House Rethink Discipline Summit. 

Mr. Jordan is also the recipient of the Education Law Center’s Education Champion Award and the Marcienne and Herman Mattleman Award for Excellence in Public Education. He holds a degree in social thought and analysis from Washington University in St. Louis. (Philadelphia)

Featured Work

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Honoring Disability Pride: A Decade of Fighting for Disability Rights in Pennsylvania

At the ACLU of Pennsylvania, our work in disability rights is part of a broader fight for justice that recognizes the interconnected issues of ableism, racism, and economic injustice. 
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Honrando el orgullo de la discapacidad: Una década de lucha por los derechos de las personas con discapacidad en Pensilvania

En la ACLU de Pensilvania, nuestro trabajo por los derechos de las personas con discapacidad forma parte de una lucha más amplia por la justicia que reconoce los problemas interrelacionados del capacitismo, el racismo y la injusticia económica. 

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Beyond Zero Tolerance
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Beyond Zero Tolerance: Discipline and Policing in Pennsylvania Public Schools

Originally published in November 2013, Beyond Zero Tolerance was well-received in Pennsylvania and beyond. We have expanded and updated the report for 2015.
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Student Arrests in Allegheny County Public Schools: The need for transparency and accountability. Navy and blue text on Yellow background
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Student Arrests in Allegheny County Schools: The Need for Transparency and Accountability