Monthly Archives: May 2011

Apparently Texas is Suspending and Arresting Most of Its High School Seniors…

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Suspensionstories

The following article from Youth Today is stunning: More Texas students have been suspended or expelled than have not, according to a forthcoming study of state trends on school discipline. And the margin isn’t that close. Details of the study … Continue reading →

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New Resource: School-to-Prison Pipeline Zine

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Suspensionstories

This new zine about the school-to-prison pipeline was illustrated and written by teaching artist Rachel Marie-Crane Williams. This is part of a larger collaborative initiative called the Cradle-to-Prison Pipeline Comic Arts Zine Project. This initiative brought together the Jane Addams … Continue reading →

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Is School Discipline Too Harsh?

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Suspensionstories
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An interview with author of “Lockdown High: When the School House Becomes A Jail House”

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Suspensionstories

From New America Media: Former NAM managing editor Annette Fuentes is the author of a new book, Lockdown High: When the Schoolhouse Becomes the Jail House, published by Verso. The book explores the reasons zero-tolerance policies have grown and investigates … Continue reading →

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