The School-to-Prison Pipeline: Understanding a National Crisis
Words: 672 1330A troubling nationwide trend wherein students are driven from public schools into the juvenile and criminal justice systems is known as the "school-to--prison pipeline". Particularly common among students of race those with impairments and those from low-income backgrounds is this phenomena. It draws attention to certain systematic problems in the judicial and educational systems that disproportionately impact underprivileged groups hence extending cycles of poverty and imprisonment. Fundamentally policies and practices that give punitive measures more priority than educational assistance produce […]