Across the country community groups and others concerned about young people have begun to push back against the growing trend for schools to use severe and punitive discipline in response to non-violent student misbehavior. South Carolina, like other states, has a school-to-prison pipeline. It starts when students are suspended or expelled for minor offenses, or … Continue reading »
In greenlighting an “intensive intervention” program for students with extreme behavioral problems, the Rock Hill school board has taken a major step toward stemming its local “school-to-prison pipeline” – the crowded path that runs from the principal’s office to the criminal justice system, where millions of expelled/suspended/dropped-out Americans, who should have been kept on track … Continue reading »
From i watch news (The Center for Public Integrity): Second graders listen in class. Dan Loh/AP N.C. research dovetails with recent findings in Texas, other states By Susan Ferriss October 6, 2011 In a troubling pattern mirrored elsewhere, black students in North Carolina schools were found to be subjected to far harsher discipline than … Continue reading »
