(Click here to view the entire P&R issue) The growing awareness of disproportionate rates of incarceration among young African-American men—and the severe consequences of even short-term incarceration for education, employment, housing and access to opportunity—have prompted a new search for answers and solutions among civil rights and anti-poverty organizations. This … [Read more...] about “Symposium: The ‘School to Prison Pipeline'” (July-August 2005 P&R Issue)
Re-Directing the School to Prison Pipeline
“Re-Directing the School to Prison Pipeline” by Daniel J. Losen (July-August 2005 P&R Issue)
by Daniel J. Losen (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) In 1999, Christopher Edley, Co-Director of The Civil Rights Project at Harvard University (CRP), following Jesse Jackson’s bold defense of suspended students in Decatur, Illinois, told his staff that he had scheduled a meeting with Education Secretary Richard Riley and requested CRP to create a briefing … [Read more...] about “Re-Directing the School to Prison Pipeline” by Daniel J. Losen (July-August 2005 P&R Issue)
