school-to-prison pipeline

view from inside

New York

April 18, 2019

‘It’s basically jail’: Inside NYC’s suspension centers, where there’s bullying, boredom — and sometimes support

According to more than a dozen interviews with students, center staff, and advocates, the suspension centers are dull at best and chaotic at worst.

Q&A

Tennessee

September 17, 2018

How one Memphis leader works to stop both ends of the school-to-prison pipeline

Michael Spearman is the lead behavior specialist for Shelby County Schools and a longtime officer and detective with the Memphis Police Department.

strange bedfellows

Colorado

April 4, 2018

School security measure passes the Colorado Senate in late night reversal

This proposal divided Democrats, some of whom worry about increasing police presence in schools.

Littlest learners

Tennessee

August 22, 2016

Tennessee preschool selected as national model for fixing racial discipline gap

A Nashville preschool is one of two schools nationwide selected for $1 million grants, the U.S. Department of Education announced last week.

Restorative justice

Tennessee

February 16, 2015

Talk it out: Restorative justice techniques help school communities rethink approaches to discipline

Schools such as Nashville's Pearl-Cohn High School are getting positive results from programs addressing disciplinary issues through approaches based on resolution and reconciliation rather than just detention and suspension.

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