COMBATING THE SCHOOL-TO-PRISON PIPELINE
ACLU Resources
Links to ACLU publications and ACLU work in the news on issues of the school-to-prison pipeline
Students Rights
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5 Things Public Schools Can and Can’t Do When It Comes to Dress Codes, 2017
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Know Your Rights: A Handbook for Public School Students in Pennsylvania, 2017
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Advocacy Tools
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Students and the Justice System: Collateral Consequences, PA, 2022
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Q&A on School Discipline for Pennsylvania School Leaders, 2022
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Police-Free Schools Toolkit, NY, 2021
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Building Inclusive Communities in Delaware's Schools: Fair Discipline Online Toolkit, DE, 2019
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School Safety Advocacy Toolkit, Florida, 2018
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School-to-Prison Pipeline [Infographic]
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Discipline of Early Learners – Laws, District Policies and Federal Resources
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ACLU Reports
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State of Student Mental Wellness California 2022, CA, February 2022
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Student Arrests in Allegheny County Schools: The Need for Transparency and Accountability, PA, January 2022
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No Police in Schools: A Vision for Safe and Supportive Schools in California, CA, August 2021
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The Cost of School Policing, Florida, September 2020
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Our Right to Resources: School Districts Are Cheating High-Need Students by Funding Law Enforcement, CA, February 2020
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Empty Desks: Discipline & Policing in Montana's Public Schools, MT, December 2019
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Police and Pennsylvania's Schools: What Education Leaders Need to Know, PA, October 2019
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Safe to Learn: An Assessment of School Climate and Discipline in Florida, FL, June 2019
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Cops and No Counselors: How the Lack of School Mental Health Staff Is Harming Students, 2019
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From the Classroom to the Courtroom: A Review of Nebraska's School Police Programs, 2018
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11 Million Days Lost: Race, Discipline, and Safety at U.S. Public Schools, 2018
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Here to Learn: Creating Safe and Supportive Schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District, So CA,2018
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​We Belong Here: Eliminating Inequity in Education for Immigrants and Students of Color in Maine, ME, 2017
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From School to Prison: Missouri's Pipeline of Injustice, MO, data dashboard, 2017
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Students Not Suspects: The Need to Reform School Policing in Washington State, WA, 2017
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Bullies in Blue: The Origins and Consequences of School Policing, 2017
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New Data Show Outsized Police Role and Racial Disparities in School Discipline, 2016
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The Right to Remain a Student: Police in California Schools, CA, 2016
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Beyond Zero Tolerance: Discipline and Policing in Pennsylvania Public Schools, PA, 2015
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For Naught: How Zero Tolerance Policy and School Police Practices Imperil Our Students' Future, Michigan, 2015
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Arrested Futures: The Criminalization of School Discipline, (download the full report), Massachusetts, 2012
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Safety with Dignity: Alternatives to Over-Policing of Schools, New York City, 2009
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Policing in Schools: Developing a Governance Document for School Resource Officers in K-12 Schools, 2009
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Impairing Education: Corporal Punishment of Students with Disabilities in US Public Schools, 2009
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A Violent Education: Corporal Punishment of Children in U.S. Public Schools, 2008
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Hard Lessons: School Resource Officer Programs and School-Based Arrests in Three Connecticut Towns, 2008
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Dignity Denied: The Effect of "Zero Tolerance" Policies on Students' Human Rights, Connecticut, 2008
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Presentations
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Using Civil Rights Data in Local Work (2018) [Webinar]
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Handcuffs on Success: Why Immigration Enforcement in Schools is Not the Answer
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Preschool to Prison Pipeline: Exclusionary Discipline in Preschool Programs [Powerpoint]
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The Role of Police Officers in Schools [Podcast]
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Solutions Not Suspensions: This is How We Close the School-to-Prison Pipeline[Video]
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Avoiding Criminalization in School Discipline: Reducing the Reliance on Police [Webinar]
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Civil Rights Data Collection: Using the Data in Local Work (2016) [Webinar]
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Racial Disparities in School Discipline [Podcast]
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