Category Archives: School to Prison Pipeline

Suspensions in the Chicago Public Schools

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Suspensionstories

The following is an excerpt from an article about school suspensions in Chicago: Nearly 45,000 of Chicago Public School’s more than 410,000 students were suspended at least once last year, according to district data. Though that number is down from … Continue reading →

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Welcome to the Suspension Stories Website!

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Suspensionstories

It has taken well over a year but we are pleased today to officially launch the Suspension Stories Website.  This initiative is a partnership between the Rogers Park Young Women’s Action Team (YWAT) and Project NIA. This youth-led participatory action research … Continue reading →

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Suspensions Dramatically Increase in NYC & Disproportionately Target Blacks/Special Ed Students

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Suspensionstories

The number of student suspensions in New York City public schools spiked dramatically over the past decade while the length of suspensions grew longer – a phenomenon disproportionally affecting black students and students with disabilities, according to a report released … Continue reading →

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Is America Criminalizing Childhood?

Posted on January 15, 2011 by Suspensionstories

A dramatization of how U.S. schools are criminalizing students as young as 6 years old…

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More Police, More Tickets, More Criminalization of Youth

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Suspensionstories

With more police in schools, Texas kids get more tickets Spike in tickets for kids as young as 6 as number of campus officers has increased By TERRENCE STUTZ Dallas Morning News AUSTIN – Students in Dallas and other urban … Continue reading →

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Zero Tolerance – A Comic

Posted on January 8, 2011 by Suspensionstories

A terrific group of youth participated in a 5 session comic workshop series this past year. The series was sponsored by Project NIA, the Jane Addams Hull House Museum, and the Chicago Freedom School. The teaching artist was Rachel Williams. … Continue reading →

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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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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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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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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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