Category Archives: School to Prison Pipeline

Every Second A Public School Student is Suspended…

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Suspensionstories

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 →

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Students in Chicago Demand to End Harsh Displine Policies

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Suspensionstories

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 →

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Do School Suspensions Lead to Prison? A Blog Post from the Black Youth Project

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Suspensionstories

The social and economic implications of the quality education that children in the United States of America receive while not absolute are critical in determining their future trajectories. The institution that children come into contact with the most in their … Continue reading →

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Some Schools Are Rethinking Zero Tolerance

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Suspensionstories

From the Washington Post: Nearly two decades after a zero-tolerance culture took hold in American schools, a growing number of educators and elected leaders are scaling back discipline policies that led to lengthy suspensions and ousters for such mistakes as … Continue reading →

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Apparently Texas is Suspending and Arresting Most of Its High School Seniors…

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Suspensionstories

The following article from Youth Today is stunning: More Texas students have been suspended or expelled than have not, according to a forthcoming study of state trends on school discipline. And the margin isn’t that close. Details of the study … Continue reading →

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New Resource: School-to-Prison Pipeline Zine

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Suspensionstories

This new zine about the school-to-prison pipeline was illustrated and written by teaching artist Rachel Marie-Crane Williams. This is part of a larger collaborative initiative called the Cradle-to-Prison Pipeline Comic Arts Zine Project. This initiative brought together the Jane Addams … Continue reading →

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Is School Discipline Too Harsh?

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Suspensionstories
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An interview with author of “Lockdown High: When the School House Becomes A Jail House”

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Suspensionstories

From New America Media: Former NAM managing editor Annette Fuentes is the author of a new book, Lockdown High: When the Schoolhouse Becomes the Jail House, published by Verso. The book explores the reasons zero-tolerance policies have grown and investigates … Continue reading →

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On Teachers Calling Kid “Future Criminals” and the School-to-Prison Pipeline

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Suspensionstories

by Latoya Peterson A first grade teacher in Paterson, New Jersey was recently put on administrative leave after she took to the internet to vent her frustrations about work. According to NBC New York, the teacher was suspended for “allegedly … Continue reading →

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In NYC, Grade School Suspensions Up 76 Percent

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Suspensionstories

From the NY Daily News: Suspensions for 4- to-10-year-olds soared by 76% since Mayor Bloomberg took control of city schools, the Daily News has learned. Elementary school-age students were hit with 6,119 suspensions in the 2008-09 school year – up … Continue reading →

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‘What Kids Can Do’ Profiles Suspension Stories…

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Suspensionstories

by Barbara Cervone CHICAGO, IL—“He who opens a school door closes a prison,” Victor Hugo wrote in his 19th-century masterpiece, Les Miserables.  Yet in today’s United States, students as young as six years old are being suspended, expelled, and even … Continue reading →

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Ceilings of Oppressions: A Photo Project about the Cradle to Prison Pipeline by Halley Miglietta

Posted on February 27, 2011 by Suspensionstories

Here are some words from Halley about her work: The focus of this project was to capture the oppressive relationship between humans and institutions, as each photograph is inextricably linked in portraying the interconnected, wicked pipeline of injustice. The function … Continue reading →

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