Lets Get Free Dismantling the Schoolto Prison Pipeline
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Let’s Get Free: Dismantling the School-to. Prison Pipeline Through Strategies that Center Lived-Experiences of Court-Involved Youth www. pointsourceyouth. org
The Pipeline Explained: The “school-to-prison pipeline” refers to various policies and practices that push children in kindergarten through 12 th grade – especially those who are most at risk – out of school classrooms and into the juvenile and criminal justice systems. - from “School-to-Prison Pipeline” by Kelly Welch Biggest Contributing Factors: 1. (excessively) Punitive School Discipline Practices 2. Prison-Like School Environments 3. Disconnect Between Schools and Communities www. pointsourceyouth. org
The fix: Is it Possible? ! “People Closest to the Problem are also the closest to the solution” - Glenn Martin www. pointsourceyouth. org “Education is the practice of the freedom” -Paulo Freire “ We need transformational change of our criminal justice system - not just, you know, a handful of consent decrees or policy reforms. ” - Michelle Alexander
The Fix Continued: How Sway!? ● Restorative Practices in Schools + Critical Pedagogy + Culturally Responsive Education ● Non-Punitive Approaches to Dealing with Crime ● Real Resource Investment in Impoverished Communities www. pointsourceyouth. org
Yeah but. . . does that really work and what does that really look like ? ● Case Study Example #1: Derek ● Case Study Example #2: Jasmine ● Case Study Example #3: Kevin www. pointsourceyouth. org
Thank You Stay in touch + Get Involved: Brian Lewis Deputy Director of Programs for exalt Adjunct Professor, The New School, John Jay College and NYU Brian. Lewis@exaltyouth. org Blewis@nyu. edu Lewisb@newschool. edu Support the cause: www. exaltyouth. org www. pointsourceyouth. org
