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Suspension Stories is a youth-led participatory action research project to understand the school to prison pipeline. This initiative is the result of a collaboration between the Rogers Park Young Women's Action Team (www.rogersparkywat.org) and Project NIA (www.project-nia.org).
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Recent Posts
- Video: “What We Carry On Our Backs: The School To Prison Pipeline”
- “Charter schools’ discipline policy under fire”
- “The the number of serious incidents of misbehavior plummeted 60 percent…”
- Freedom Summer Youth Congress Addressing Youth Criminalization & More This Summer
- Kiera Wilmot, the Honor Student Who Was Arrested For a Botched Science Experiment, Tells Her Story
- JJIE: “Life after Juvenile Detention”
- “Are School Closings the ‘New Jim Crow’? Activists File Civil Rights Complaints.”
- Communities Around The Country Gear Up For National Week of Action Against Incarcerating Youth!
Daily Archives: April 29, 2011
Chicago Has a new Schools CEO and Community Groups are Pressing Him to Address Suspensions
Journalist Rebecca Vivea features the work of local Chicago organizations who want the new Chicago Public School CEO to address the issue of suspensions and expulsions of students. From the article: A coalition of community organizations pushing for Chicago Public … Continue reading
Posted in Criminalizing Youth, Harsh Disciplinary Policies, Restorative Justice, Zero Tolerance
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