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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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- 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!
Category Archives: School Pushout
Video: “What We Carry On Our Backs: The School To Prison Pipeline”
“Members of the Philadelphia Student Union collaborated with film-makers Aidan Un, Lendl Tellington, and Sarah Milinski to create videos on issues that are relevant to the lives of young people in Philadelphia.” Original link.
Posted in Criminalizing Youth, Harsh Disciplinary Policies, Restorative Justice, School Pushout
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“Charter schools’ discipline policy under fire”
The Advocate: “Wesley Nakamura is teaching a sophomore algebra class at Carver Collegiate Academy in New Orleans East. A student near the front of the room raises his hand and asks to go to the restroom. Things go badly from … Continue reading
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“The the number of serious incidents of misbehavior plummeted 60 percent…”
The American Prospect: “Before 2006, when Debora Borges-Carrera became the principal at Kensington Creative & Performing Arts High School (KCAPA) in north Philadelphia, the school was the scene of pandemonium. Not a day seemed to go by without a fight … Continue reading
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Kiera Wilmot, the Honor Student Who Was Arrested For a Botched Science Experiment, Tells Her Story
Advancement Project: “This is the story of Kiera Wilmot, who in her efforts to further her education, found herself caught up in the school-to-prison pipeline — arrested for a science experiment due to unfair disciplinary policies run without reason or … Continue reading
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Powerful youth journalism: “Lost Friends: Violence through the eyes of Chicago’s youth”
The pain, fear and trauma that youth go through daily as a result of their close proximity to indiscriminate violence is seldom given space for acknowledgement and healing and is in fact–often repressed or silenced via institutional racism and oppression. … Continue reading
Posted in Criminalizing Youth, Harsh Disciplinary Policies, Restorative Justice, School Pushout, School to Prison Pipeline, School-based arrests, Suicide, Uncategorized, Zero Tolerance
Tagged Youth empowerment
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May 19 – Week of Action Against Incarcerating Youth Kickoff March!
Please come out and join in an act of solidarity for the dignity of our youth! NIA Dispatches: “Please join us and several other Chicago groups on Monday, May 19, at 5pm at Paderewski Elementary School at 2221 S. Lawndale Avenue (a … Continue reading
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“School reformers: zero-tolerance not the answer”
WKAR: “Last week, students and advocates rallied at the Michigan Capitol after marching from Detroit to Lansing on foot. Students’ marching hoped to raise awareness about the state’s school discipline policies. At the rally, they asked lawmakers to remove legislation … Continue reading
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Youth March From Detroit to Lansing Against Zero Tolerance Policies
“Students, parents challenge zero-tolerance policies” “Detroit Free Press: DETROIT — Michael Reynolds is willing to go to extremes to shed light on what he says is a big problem: zero-tolerance policies that are driving kids like him out of school … Continue reading
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Video: Why Zero Tolerance is 100% Unequal?
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Dramatic Transformation of A School In Inner City Denver After Restorative Justice Implemented
Restorative Justice Online: “Defending restorative discipline by Jeremy Simons When I started working at Cole Middle School in inner city Denver in 2003, it was ranked dead last in the entire state of Colorado, with proficiency scores on standardized testing … Continue reading
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Alternatives to Calling Police on Young People – Amazing Popular Education Project, “Chain Reaction”
“Chain Reaction” is a unique popular education project that supports alternatives to calling police on young people – it elevates the voices and perspectives of youth through audio, visuals, a toolkit and much more. Check it out here. “Chain Reaction is … Continue reading
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Radio Times: Experts & Educators Discuss Suspensions, Expulsions & Arrests of Minority Students
Radio Times: “Guests: Harold Jordan, Deborah Klehr and Matthew Steinberg New information released by the Department of Education shed more light on a disturbing difference when it comes to school discipline — minority students are suspended at a much higher … Continue reading
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