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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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- “Charter schools’ discipline policy under fire”
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- 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.”
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Author Archives: Suspensionstories
“No, Florida, Putting Kids in Jail Isn’t the Solution For Bullying”
ThinkProgress: “A Florida bill advanced in the Senate this week to make bullying a crime, including cyber-bullying online. The new offenses criminalize a range of “harassing” behavior, both in-person and on the Internet. And a second conviction would send perpetrators to jail … Continue reading
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“Twin Cities religious leaders call for an end to mass student suspensions”
Star Tribune: “A coalition of religious leaders, parents and teachers on Thursday called for Minnesota schools to pass a moratorium on suspensions, citing the fact that students of color are disciplined much more frequently than white students. Members of ISAIAH … Continue reading
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“Suspensions at R.I. schools down; rates for minority students disproportionately high”
Providence Journal: PROVIDENCE, R.I. — “Although the total number of suspensions in Rhode Island public schools has declined dramatically, minority students are suspended at disproportionately higher rates than their white peers, according to the Rhode Island Affiliate of the American … Continue reading
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“Juvenile justice system often leads to adult system, professor says”
The Ranger: “In the 2006, high school freshman Shaquanda Cotton, from Paris, Texas, briefly made national headlines for being convicted in juvenile court for assaulting a public servant. Cotton tried to get on campus early to get her medication from … Continue reading
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“We were about to put this kid out of school, when what he really deserved was a medal.”
Yes! Magazine: “Tommy, an agitated 14-year-old high school student in Oakland, Calif., was in the hallway cursing out his teacher at the top of his lungs. A few minutes earlier, in the classroom, he’d called her a “b___” after she … Continue reading
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Christian Science Monitor: “Ohio boy suspended for pointing finger like a gun. ‘Zero tolerance’ run amok?”
Christian Science Monitor: “The suspension last week of an Ohio fifth-grader who formed his hand into the shape of a gun and pointed his finger “execution-style” at a classmate is fueling the debate over whether school administrators under pressure to keep schools … Continue reading
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Epoch Times: Bill Requests NYPD to Report Youth Arrest Data
Epoch Times: “Public Advocate Letitia James proposed a bill Wednesday requiring data on all NYPD youth arrests with a focus on those school-related. “The goal of this legislation is to protect youth from unjustified arrests,” James said, according to a … Continue reading
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The Uptake: “School-To-Prison Pipeline” Sparks Protest, School Walkout
The Uptake: “About sixty students from St. Paul’s Central High School walked out of their classes Wednesday (Feb. 26) as a statement against the “school-to-prison pipeline.” The students joined more than 100 protesters — many of them college students and … Continue reading
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School-to-Prison Pipeline Analysis Using Civil Rights Data
Indiana Juvenile Justice: “When discussing the school-to-prison pipeline or “school push-out,” an interesting dataset comes from the U.S. Department of Education Civil Rights Data Collection website. Simply enter a school, scroll to the bottom to the section labeled “Discipline, Restraints/Seclusion, Harassment/Bullying.” … Continue reading
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“Hostile School Climate Perpetuates the School-to-Prison Pipeline for LGBT Students of Color”
ENewsPF: “Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 27, 2014. Today, as President Barack Obama hosts an event unveiling a new White House initiative on young men of color, the Center for American Progress released a report that stresses the importance of including LGBT youth a part … Continue reading
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“Can the ‘School-to-Prison’ Pipeline Be Snapped? Up Close with James Bell and Katayoon Majid”
Chicago Bureau: “For those who follow corrections, it comes as little surprise that the United States leads the world in the rates of incarcerated – and it leads with state spending on corrections totaling approximately $52 billion, the bulk of … Continue reading
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“Paper airplanes to suspensions: Solutions Not Suspensions gets students talking about discipline”
Daily Planet: “A frustrated teacher at the helm of an unruly classroom– students shouting, texting and throwing paper airplanes. Although this type of ‘disruptive behavior’ may be a reality for many teachers on a daily basis, this particular scenario was … Continue reading
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