COMBATING THE SCHOOL-TO-PRISON PIPELINE
General Approaches​​
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Why Do We Convince Ourselves That Students Are Misbehaving on Purpose?, Chalkbeat, March, 2022
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Teacher Voice: Breaking the School-to-Prison-Pipeline with 'Windows and Mirrors' for Black Boys, The Hechinger Report, March, 2019
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If School Rules Aren’t Building a Sense of Community, Let’s Be Brave Enough to Rewrite Them​, Education Post, October, 2018
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Detentions, Suspension and Expulsion do Not Curb Violent Behavior. The Positive Approaches, Support Systems that Work, The Hechinger Report, January, 2017
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Teachers are Ready to End the School to Prison Pipeline, Education Post, December 2017
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Chicago Schools' Big Experiment With a Different Disciplinary Tool: Empathy, Christian Science Monitor, April, 2017
Implicit Bias
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Student Surveillance, Racial Inequalities, and Implicit Racial Bias, University of Florida College of Law, April 2017
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Locked Out of the Classroom: How Implicit Bias Contributes to Disparities in School Discipline, NAACPLDF, November 2017
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Do Early Educators’ Implicit Biases Regarding Sex and Race Relate to Behavior Expectations and Recommendations of Preschool Expulsions and Suspensions?, A Research Study Brief, Yale Child Study Center, September, 2016
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Implicit Racial Bias and School Discipline Disparities: Exploring the Connection, Kirwan Institute at The Ohio State University, May 2014
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Racial Disproportionality in School Discipline: Implicit Bias is Heavily Implicated, Kirwan Institute at The Ohio University, February 2014
Restorative Justice and Practices
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Johns Hopkins Study Shows Potential for Restorative Practices to Reduce Suspensions, Improve Schools, Baltimore Sun,October, 2020
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Kalamazoo Schools Report Zero Expulsions after 'Paradigm Shift’ to Restorative Discipline, MLive Media Group, February, 2019
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Study Contradicts Betsy DeVos' Reason for Eliminating School Disciplining Guidance, U.S. News & World Report, January, 2019
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Dear Restorative Justice: Our Student Isn’t Responding, Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, November, 2018
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Does Restorative Justice Work Better Than Traditional School Discipline?, The74Million.org
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Twice a Week, These Texas Students Circle Up and Talk About Their Feelings. It’s Lowering Suspensions and Preventing Violence, Texas Tribune, May, 2018
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Restorative Justice Done Right is Good for Kids, New York Daily News, February, 2018
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Why Restorative Justice?, ACLU of Pennsylvania, July, 2017
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8 Tips for Schools Interested in Restorative Justice, Edutopia, September, 2014
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Popularity of Restorative Justice Has Its Pitfalls​, Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, July, 2014
Social and Emotional Learning
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When SEL Is Used as Another Form of Policing, Communities for Just Schools Fund, May, 2020
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Powerful SEL Is Happening After School, Too, Edutopia, February, 2020
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Making SEL Culturally Competent, Edutopia, January, 2020
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Many Teachers See Social-Emotional Learning As the ‘Missing Link’ in Student Success, Hechinger Report, August, 2019
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Teachers Support Social-Emotional Learning, But Say Students in Distress Strain Their Skills, Education Week, July, 2019
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Social and Emotional Learning Perspectives from America's Schools, Education Week, 2015
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Social-Emotional Learning Has Long-Lasting Positive Effects on Students, Study Says, Education Week, July, 2017
Trauma Informed Education
Positive Behavior Intervention and Support
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A 5-Point Intervention Approach for Enhancing Equity in School Discipline, pbis.org, February, 2018
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How Can You Love the Kids but Hate the Parents? A Shadow Report on the Unfulfilled Promises at LAUSD School Discipline Reform in South LA, Dignity in Schools, October 2017
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Redefining Dignity in Our Schools: A Shadow Report on School-Wide Positive Behavior Support Implementation in South Los Angeles 2007-2010, Dignity in Schools, June, 2010