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Harvard Educational Review Reprint Series
Disrupting the School-to-Prison Pipeline
A trenchant and wide-ranging look at this alarming national trend, Disrupting the School-to-Prison Pipeline is unsparing in its account of the problem while pointing in the direction of meaningful and much-needed reforms.
The “school-to-prison pipeline” has received much attention in the education world over the past few years. A fast-growing and disturbing development, it describes a range of circumstances whereby “children are funneled out of public schools and into the juvenile and criminal justice systems.” Scholars, educators, parents, students, and organizers across the country have pointed to this shocking trend, insisting that it be identified and understood—and that it be addressed as an urgent matter by the larger community.
This new volume from the Harvard Educational Review features essays from scholars, educators, students, and community activists who are working to disrupt, reverse, and redirect the pipeline. Alongside these authors are contributions from the people most youth and adults who have been incarcerated, or whose lives have been shaped by the school-to-prison pipeline. Through stories, essays, and poems, these individuals add to the book’s comprehensive portrait of how our education and justice systems function—and how they fail to serve the interests of many young people."
The “school-to-prison pipeline” has received much attention in the education world over the past few years. A fast-growing and disturbing development, it describes a range of circumstances whereby “children are funneled out of public schools and into the juvenile and criminal justice systems.” Scholars, educators, parents, students, and organizers across the country have pointed to this shocking trend, insisting that it be identified and understood—and that it be addressed as an urgent matter by the larger community.
This new volume from the Harvard Educational Review features essays from scholars, educators, students, and community activists who are working to disrupt, reverse, and redirect the pipeline. Alongside these authors are contributions from the people most youth and adults who have been incarcerated, or whose lives have been shaped by the school-to-prison pipeline. Through stories, essays, and poems, these individuals add to the book’s comprehensive portrait of how our education and justice systems function—and how they fail to serve the interests of many young people."
288 pages, Library Binding
First published November 14, 2011
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March 10, 2013
Good collection for anyone interested in the topic.
If you know nothing about the STP pipeline, you'll get a solid summary in the intro and first chapter, as well as a multifaceted portrait through the following chapters.
If you're already an expert on the STP pipeline, you'll still enjoy the reflections, memoirs, and poems penned by survivors and witnesses.
The book contains 4 parts: (I) Discipline and justice in schools, (II) Education in detention, (III) Transforming the pipeline, (IV) Epilogue [review of 5 recent books]. Each part includes a nice mix of academic, creative, and personal/reflective pieces.
Tiny subjective gripe: I'd like the book more if it condensed the academic pieces. Long strings of citations and statistics make my eyes glaze over. The stats are important, but can we get them in graphic form?
Otherwise, no complaints. You can read the chapters that grab you and skip the rest. But I think each piece genuinely adds value and is worth at least skimming.
If you know nothing about the STP pipeline, you'll get a solid summary in the intro and first chapter, as well as a multifaceted portrait through the following chapters.
If you're already an expert on the STP pipeline, you'll still enjoy the reflections, memoirs, and poems penned by survivors and witnesses.
The book contains 4 parts: (I) Discipline and justice in schools, (II) Education in detention, (III) Transforming the pipeline, (IV) Epilogue [review of 5 recent books]. Each part includes a nice mix of academic, creative, and personal/reflective pieces.
Tiny subjective gripe: I'd like the book more if it condensed the academic pieces. Long strings of citations and statistics make my eyes glaze over. The stats are important, but can we get them in graphic form?
Otherwise, no complaints. You can read the chapters that grab you and skip the rest. But I think each piece genuinely adds value and is worth at least skimming.
May 5, 2021
This is an excellent primer on a pervasive and harmful trend in our society. While this lays out the case, you will want to read more once you finish this book.
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