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Ending the School to Prison Pipeline

Ending the School to Prison Pipeline

| Aug 19, 2020 | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyThis school year will be unlike any other. For starters, school districts across the country are grappling with budget cuts and pandemic safety. But there’s something else, too: In the wake of a national uprising against police violence, many districts are rethinking...
This School Year, Let’s Keep Kids in Classrooms

This School Year, Let’s Keep Kids in Classrooms

| Aug 29, 2018 | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyIt’s no secret that our country incarcerates people of color at much higher rates than white people. What might be less well known is that this can begin in the classroom. Across the country, schools routinely punish, suspend, and expel students of color at...
Schools Need Resources, Not ‘School Resource Officers’

Schools Need Resources, Not ‘School Resource Officers’

| Aug 22, 2018 | Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyAfter a school year marred by shootings, districts across the country have responded this year with calls for more “school resource officers” in classrooms. As a result, many students are returning to schools that feel more like prisons — and in fact form...

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