Sentences with phrase «prison pipeline calls»

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Collectively, this disparity fuels what has been called the «school - to - prison - pipeline,» a systemic bias that civil rights advocates say pushes children and young adults of color out of the classroom and into the criminal justice system.

In her speech, Clinton called for a $ 2 billion plan to reform school disciplinary policies that feed the so - called school - to - prison pipeline.

It has since been criticized by advocacy groups, mostly prominently the New York Civil Liberties Union, for what the organization has called unfair suspensions for minor infractions that had helped compound the so - called school - to - prison pipeline.

The six - point plan, which also called for reducing incarceration rates and investing in schools to close what King termed the «school to prison pipeline,» is the broadest package yet proposed by Democratic gubernatorial candidates, though they all have pushed various justice reform issues, particularly Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum.

They have offices in six cities across the state, and now regularly advocate for an agenda that includes ending the school - to - prison pipeline, increasing funding for community schools and pre-kindergarten programs, and railing against the expansion of privately - run charter school networks, what Easton calls the «privatization» of public education.

Citing the so - called school - to - prison pipeline, Fischer said that some communities are paying tens of thousands of dollars to incarcerate young men and women who entered school in kindergarten already at a social, economic, and academic disadvantage.

That is why I joined with the Alliance for Quality Education and the Urban Youth Collaborative to ask you to send this petition to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan calling on him to stop funding the Kindergarten to prison pipeline.

(Calif.) Programs aimed at keeping kids in school and out of the so - called «prison pipeline» would receive a big boost under a bill being carried by the chair of the Senate Education Committee that lays groundwork for the use of millions of dollars in prisoner - release savings.

Whereas, the Hawkins / Jones platform of a Green New Deal calls for equitable funding for all of our schools, reduced class sizes across the state, support for programs that promote desegregation in our schools, an end to zero - tolerance discipline policies driving the school - to - prison pipeline, and allowing schools to develop methods of assessment organic to the learning process, and

We have stopped the «pipeline to prison,» as one parent once called the Gompers campus, and opened a «highway to college.»

And the district would try to close the so - called school - to - prison pipeline by revamping disciplinary practices and preventing drop - outs.

When confronted with this data progressives also blame black male underachievement on disparate school discipline and / or on something they're fond of calling the «school - to - prison pipeline.»

While the policy was born of the intention to keep schools and students safe, many believe it created the so - called «school - to - prison pipeline» by pushing students out of school and into the juvenile and criminal justice system.

Common Dreams By Jessica Corbett 6 Feb 2018 Michael Foster, the valve turner who temporarily halted the flow of tar sands oil in TransCanada's Keystone pipeline in October 2016, called for future actions to address the global climate crisis before he headed to prison, where he is expected to serve at least a year of his three - year sentence.