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About Suspensionstories

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).

Youth Activists Challenge the School to Prison Pipeline: A Panel Discussion

Posted on January 1, 2011 by Suspensionstories

Youth Activists Challenge the School to Prison Pipeline from Mariame Kaba on Vimeo. Project NIA partnered with the Mansfield Institute for Social Justice at Roosevelt University to organize a panel of youth activists discussing the school to prison pipeline on … Continue reading →

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In Baltimore, Fewer Suspensions Equals Better Results

Posted on January 1, 2011 by Suspensionstories

From the Washington Post, this report about the impact of reducing suspensions on the educational outcomes of young black men: We have long known that excessive use of suspension and expulsion results in higher rates of school absence, academic failure … Continue reading →

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A School to Prison Pipeline ‘Christmas Story’…

Posted on December 24, 2010 by Suspensionstories

We came across this terrific letter to the editor by Mark Roberts titled How times have changed.  The letter used the terrific film “A Christmas Story’” to make a serious point about the current school to prison pipeline.  We felt … Continue reading →

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Update on 5th Grader Who Was Suspended for Peppermint Oil

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Suspensionstories

Here is another example of “zero tolerance” policies run amok from Long Island where a 5th grader was suspended for bringing peppermint oil to school. Administrators at a Long Island school suspended a 10-year-old girl for bringing peppermint oil to … Continue reading →

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Youth Activism to Challenge the School to Prison Pipeline

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Suspensionstories

It’s important to highlight the many ways that young people are working to dismantle the school to prison pipeline.  Here is a report about a group of youth in California who are marching for 50 miles to raise awareness between … Continue reading →

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Lawsuit: Beatings and Pepper Spray to Punish Students in Birmingham

Posted on December 12, 2010 by Suspensionstories

From Change.org, we learn the following: Birmingham’s school district and police chief are being sued for a different injustice: pepper spraying defenseless children as a common practice to enforce discipline. How sad that in the city forever connected to Dr. … Continue reading →

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Interesting Story: Suspensions Lead to Crime…

Posted on December 4, 2010 by Suspensionstories

From Fox 23 News: 3,160.that’s the number of suspensions so far this year in Tulsa Public Schools. The actual number of suspended students, is lower than that because some students are suspended more than once. But, police say, whatever the … Continue reading →

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6 Year Old Who Was Handcuffed To His Desk (Twice) Wins Lawsuit…

Posted on November 27, 2010 by Suspensionstories

You can watch a report summarizing the case of a 6 year old who was handcuffed to his desk twice. An article in Digital Journal does a terrific job of summarizing this case and its outcome. Here is the article … Continue reading →

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THIS SITE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION!

Posted on October 8, 2010 by Suspensionstories

This will be the Suspension Stories site!  We hope to have this site fully up and running in January 2011. Please look out for it at that time! In the meantime, you can watch some suspension stories on our Youtube … Continue reading →

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