5 Facts About the School-to-Prison Pipeline
Did you know 40% of students expelled each year from schools are black? With the alarming number of children being directed out of public schools and into the juvenile and criminal justice systems,...
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Illinois Gov. Signs Groundbreaking Law Disrupting School-to-Prison Pipeline
(Image: File) Last month, Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner signed into law what is widely considered the most sweeping effort in the nation to rein in punitive school discipline practices that have pushed...
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Arne Duncan Proposes Investing in Education, Not Prisons
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan What if we lived in a country in which we spent billions of dollars not just on wars and prisons, but on the future of our young people? U.S. Education Secretary...
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Brutalizing Black Students is Business as Usual
Cop using force to extract female student from class (Image: america.aljazeera.com) As the video of a South Carolina sheriff’s deputy brutally body-slamming an unarmed black girl goes viral, the public...
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Economic Facts Affecting Your Child’s Education | Fact 14
The Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution shows that, among its 13 other economic facts, the best charters are highly effective, but that others perform no better than traditional public...
View ArticleEvery Day, 250 Preschoolers Get Expelled or Suspended. Most Are Black
It’s hard to imagine, but every day 250 preschoolers are suspended or expelled. That’s according to a recent analysis by the Center for American Progress (CAP), which says that the practice “worsens...
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Creating a Pipeline to Possibilities Instead of Prison
“Our goal is to educate youth so they can make better decisions and not end up in the criminal justice system,” the Honorable Shequitta Kelly, presiding judge in Dallas County, Texas, told me recently...
View ArticleNew Documentary Exposes Discrimination Toward Black Girls In U.S. Schools
Over the years, numerous reports and news stories have been released around young black girls experiencing unfair treatment and racial discrimination. A recent documentary is now exposing the severity...
View ArticleHBCUs Create Prison-to-College Programs for Formerly Incarcerated People of...
It’s a new day and HBCUs are reversing the school-to-prison pipeline through new programs that help Black men and women start a new chapter in life after being incarcerated. Historically Black Colleges...
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Dr. Nadia Lopez Talks Upcoming Brooklyn ‘Hair Fest’ Designed For Youngsters
Dr. Nadia Lopez, founder and former principal of Brooklyn’s Mott Hall Bridges Academy, is breaking more ground to the bridge to brilliance with “Hair Fest” From global TED talks and college lectures to...
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