school-to-prison pipeline

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Summer freedom schools provide an increasingly rare opportunity for engaged learning

The “summer slide”—a phenomenon in which young people experience learning loss during the summer months when they are out of school—contributes to disparities in student outcomes, according to some experts. But with so much dysfunction and disparity baked into American public education, is more school the answer? It

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6 Min
By: Jasmine Butler

Anti-Blackness shapes school discipline—even in school settings composed of students of color 

While the school-to-prison pipeline is now a widely understood framework for discerning how students are funneled into the criminal legal system, advocates say looking at Black-white racial disparities in school discipline fails to capture the full scope of the problem. There is a growing area of social science research pointing

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6 Min
By: Tamar Sarai

Incarceration is financial extraction

Bail, along with so many fines and fees in the carceral system, drives entire families into poverty

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4 Min
By: Manuel Galindo

Intentional design can lay a blueprint for abolition

Prisons are designed to be punitive, but intentional design can create spaces that resist systemic biases and the carceral impulse to punish

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6 Min
By: Tamar Sarai

After the Uvalde shooting, some Texas teachers are scared to return to the classroom

In a state known for its lenient gun control laws, many teachers feel they are being asked to stand at the front lines of mass shootings

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4 Min
By: Alexandra Martinez

Florida and Texas lawmakers are targeting queer and trans youth

Advocates say the laws will cause severe, long-term harm to queer and trans youth

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5 Min
By: Alexandra Martinez

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