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 PipelineThe Century Foundation: School Discipline without Racial Equity Is DiscriminationWikipedia: The School to Prison PipelineWikipedia: School Disturbance LawsACLU: School to Prison PipelineACLU Report: Cops and No CounselorsAmerican Psychological Association Zero Tolerance Task Force ReportJustice Police Institute: The School to Prison Pipeline ExplainedU.S. Dept. of Education "Dear Colleague" Letter