We Must Stop the #SchooltoPrisonPipeline
https://progressive.org/op-eds/we-must-stop-the-school-to-prison-pipeline-soni-230811/
Rather than confront the root causes of #youth instability, the system is skewed toward punishing young #peopleofcolor and their families.

pm me for my email :)

i do work around #RacialJustice and work regarding #intersectionality

here's a talk i gave on the #SchoolToPrisonPipeline and #BIPOC students with disabilities, with a special focus on Black students with disabilities.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYVC7PRFlLg&t=810s

#BlackMastodon
#DisabilityJustice #Disability

What's going on in your state?

“You don’t close libraries in some of the schools in your most underserved communities, and you’re keeping libraries open in other schools." #SavePublicSchools #SavePublicLibraries #SchoolToPrisonPipeline #BlackLivesMatter #VoteBlueinEveryElection #FightFascism

https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2023/07/26/hisd-to-eliminate-librarians-turn-libraries-into-discipline-centers-at-28-campuses/

School-to-prison pipeline is alive and well in Houston where 28 school libraries will be converted to discipline centers for students with behavior problems. Next week it's going to be school uniforms that are orange jumpsuits, just to prep the student body to be gen pop because that's all that is expected of them by the elected officials and the leaders of public services.

#schooltoprisonpipeline
#News
#USNews
#DefendLibraries
#SchoolsNotPrisons

https://www.alternet.org/houston-schools-eliminate-librarians-libraries/

Disrupting the school-to-prison pipeline
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEhMKXIttiM

The system of mass #incarceration extends into the #publiceducation system. Known as the #schooltoprisonpipeline, policies that #criminalize #youth and their families, from the presence of #police in #schools to #discriminatory and punitive practices that push youth to drop out, disproportionately affect communities of #color.

Suspension from high school increases the odds of being incarcerated later, even after accounting for key levels of criminal offending and other factors.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34262407

#NICHDImpact #SchoolToPrisonPipeline #Incarceration #School #Suspension #Youth

I just finished an interview about my books for a podcast and it was absolutely wonderful. I'll post when it's up obviously.

If anyone wants a #podcast guest re: #indiebooks #indieauthors #education, a white #teacher journey in learning about #whiteprivilege, #schooltoprisonpipeline

I know that's a bunch of hashtags but we had the best conversation and an hour felt like five minutes.

I love talking about my former students and how amazing they were and how much better they deserved.

I also have to talk about my white privilege and white idealism which is less comfortable but super super important if we're going to change.

"Jorge was also quick to anger, feeling keenly the unfairness of his life and the weight of the world he carried on his shoulders." p. 4, Letters From the Inside: http://www.bronwynharris.com #indiebooks #schooltoprisonpipeline #oakland

"Jorge was placed in my third-grade class. It was evident right away that he was a remarkable child." Letters From the Inside, p. 3 http://www.bronwynharris.com #indiebooks #schooltoprisonpipeline #indieauthors #teachers

"Other people have parents who can teach them to be good. I don't. So how can I learn to be good?" Letters From the Inside, p. 3 http://bronwynharris.com/

#indiebooks #prisonreform #schooltoprisonpipeline

(all proceeds from this book go to my co-author's family)

Holy sh*t. For some reason, I haven't wanted to believe that there are juvenile offenders who've been sentenced to life in prison. Sure, there are people who've committed serious crimes as juveniles. Handing down life sentences however doesn't seem to have a basis in scientific insights about disturbed kids.

#YouthJustice
#Incarceration
#PrisonNation
#SchoolToPrisonPipeline

https://www.propublica.org/article/new-mexico-lost-juveniles-in-prison

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"To Punish Students for Minor Offences, These Schools Violently Assault Them"

https://spore.social/@PeterRu/109892715805411312

#Police #Cops #Cop #SchoolPolice #SchoolToPrisonPipeline
#PublicPolicy #USPolitics #USPol

@cedr_us thank you for sharing this. Unfortunately, the system is working as designed.
#AMindIsATerribleThingToWaste #SchoolToPrisonPipeline #PovertyIsAPolicyChoice

Black students are more likely to be suspended than White for the same behaviors, which explains nearly half the racial disparity in school suspensions and expulsions.
Differences in school composition and differences in behavior account for 21% and 9% of the gap respectively. Black students are 3.2 times more likely to be suspended or expelled than white students.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34017149

#SchooltoPrisonPipeline #Racism #Education #NICHDImpact @edutooters

Youth in special education who were on probation were more likely to re-offend.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34138628

#SchooltoPrisonPipeline #SpecialEducation #Schools #Education #Probation #Recidivism #NICHDImpact @edutooters.a.gup.pe

@TheGuardian_us @nathaliaassaad I see you’re full of charity this season 🥴
#PrisonIndustrialComplex #SchoolToPrisonPipeline

https://www.propublica.org/article/students-police-arrests-illinois-garrison-school #schooltoprisonpipeline

On Nov 28th the Vancouver School Board will debate the reinstatement of police in schools, also known as the school liaison officer (SLO) program. There is a public delegation meeting on Monday Nov 21st and you can email a request to speak before 4:30pm TODAY: https://www.vsb.bc.ca/District/Departments/Office_of_the_Secretary_Treasurer/Pages/Default.aspx

You can also sign this open letter to the Vancouver School Board trustees to express your opposition to the reinstatement of the SLO program here: https://www.onecityvancouver.ca/keep_cops_out_of_schools

#SchoolToPrisonPipeline #RestorativeJustice #FundBCSchools #NoCopsInSchools