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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!
Monthly Archives: September 2012
Minority Students in Illinois Get More Police Referrals
The following is a good graphic from the Chicago Tribune illustrating police referrals in Illinois for minority students.
Posted in Criminalizing Youth, Harsh Disciplinary Policies, School Pushout, School to Prison Pipeline, School-based arrests, Zero Tolerance
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National Week of Action Against School Pushout 2012
The Dignity in Schools Campaign (DSC) is sponsoring the annual National Week of Action Against School Pushout starting on September 29th.
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