The School to Prison Pipeline

This week, the hosts tackle a difficult topic: the school to prison pipeline. In the U.S., the school-to-prison pipeline (SPP) is the name given to the disproportionate tendency of minors and young adults from disadvantaged backgrounds to become incarcerated because of increasingly harsh school and municipal policies. Chelsea and Kate discuss how the SPP is fueled by certain policies, practices, and conditions, the populations most impacted by the SPP, and whether or not zero tolerance policies and other measures that send school-aged children to prison actually have an impact on violence reduction in schools.

In the "What We Learned This Week" segment, Chelsea discusses making videos with AfterEffects, and Kate dives deep into the world of Reddit. Both hosts discuss their infatuation with trashy television.

Sources:

Rehabilitation Enables Dreams: The School to Prison Pipeline

The Century Foundation: School Discipline without Racial Equity Is Discrimination

Wikipedia: The School to Prison Pipeline

Wikipedia: School Disturbance Laws

ACLU: School to Prison Pipeline

ACLU Report: Cops and No Counselors

American Psychological Association Zero Tolerance Task Force Report

Justice Police Institute: The School to Prison Pipeline Explained

U.S. Dept. of Education "Dear Colleague" Letter