The School to Prison Pipeline
Of late, we are seeing a spate of articles about kids being ticketed or arrested in and out of school for things like operating a lemonade stand without a license or writing on the desks in class. These are not isolated incidents, but part of a larger system known as the school-to-prison pipeline. www.imperfectparent.com/topics/2011/07/17/police-shut-down-lemonade-stand-in-georgia-city/ reason.com/blog/2011/07/18/lemonade-stand-crackdown-conti www.cnn.com/video/?/video/bestoftv/2011/03/25/exp.pn.arrested.pencil.prank.hln gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2011/03/whitmire-ticketing-students-at-school.html 12-year-old arrested or writing on desk: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFyFcy17s1k arrested for dropping cke: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViiLMbPtzcQ&feature=related 5-year-old arrested www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_Ig34hQQXo&feature=related www.aclu.org/racial-justice/school-prison-pipeline-talking-points Powerpoint presentation: www.authorstream.com/Presentation/kllee4-564573-lee-school-to-prison-pipeline/ www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/88698.html
