About the author
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).
Meta
-
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!
Monthly Archives: July 2011
Every Second A Public School Student is Suspended…
This shocking statistic comes from the newly-released 2011 State of America’s Children Report by the Children’s Defense Fund. The reports also highlights the following findings that illustrate the school-to-prison pipeline: * Nearly 80 percent or more of Black and Hispanic … Continue reading
Posted in Criminalizing Youth, Harsh Disciplinary Policies, School Pushout, School to Prison Pipeline
Comments Off on Every Second A Public School Student is Suspended…
Students in Chicago Demand to End Harsh Displine Policies
From News Tips: Voices of Youth in Chicago Education, a citywide, multi-racial youth-led organization backed by several community groups, is releasing a study of “the true cost of zero tolerance,” addressing the budgetary and educational costs of punitive approaches to … Continue reading
Posted in Harsh Disciplinary Policies, School Pushout, School to Prison Pipeline, Zero Tolerance
Comments Off on Students in Chicago Demand to End Harsh Displine Policies
