On the School-to-Prison Pipeline
Posted by Dana Bennis on Nov 27, 2013 - 12:19 PM
In case you missed it, the school-to-prison pipeline's been getting some much needed attention this week.
Last week on Moyers & Company, Bill Moyers sat down with Henry Giroux, educator and author of many works on critical pedagogy. Among the topics they covered was schools and the reality of severe disciplinary policies that redirect low-income youth and youth of color from the education pathway and into the prison pipeline.
And today, Zerlina Maxwell of Ebony wrote a piece titled, "The School-to-Prison Pipeline is Targeting Your Child," in which she discusses the shift towards zero tolerance policies in the last 20-30 years, along with metal detectors and armed officers placed inside many schools, especially those with largely students of color. It's a solid and brief history of the development