Tag: school-to-prison pipeline
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Via TurtleTalk: New Study on American Indian School-To-Prison Pipeline Problem in Utah
Here is “Disparities in Discipline: A Look at School Disciplinary Actions for Utah’s American Indian Students.” The abstract: A number of recent studies and reports have examined the school-to-prison pipeline (STPP) and its impact on students of color. Few, if any, of these documents have focused on the troubling and undeniable effects of the pipeline…
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Via HCN.org: American Indian Students in Utah Face Harsh Discipline
One day in 2014, in Utah’s San Juan School District, two middle school boys went looking for their teacher. The district serves the largest number of Native American students in the state and both boys identified as such. In pursuit of their teacher, they checked out the teachers’ lounge, and, in that room full of…