Criminal Justice
Pushed out
Black girls are being pushed out of school and into jails at alarming rates, but this issue often is overlooked.
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Education
Get up, stand up: California’s search for education equity
In California, a unique new formula provides extra dollars for poor districts based on how many disadvantaged students they have, and encourages local decision-making and experimentation on how to reach and teach these kids.
Criminal Justice
Law and Disorder – Part 1
In this episode of Reveal, we investigate why minorities and kids with special needs face criminal charges for acting out in school; we uncover how police are poisoned on the job, and trace how people are building assault weapons from parts they buy online; and we gain insight into an elusive character fighting the death penalty in the most high profile of ways.
Criminal Justice
How kicking a trash can became criminal for a 6th-grader
An analysis by the Center for Public Integrity raises questions about what kind of incidents at school merit police or court intervention and provides fodder for a debate over whether children are getting pushed into a so-called “school-to-prison pipeline” unnecessarily and unjustly.
Criminal Justice
The school-to-court pipeline: Where does your state rank?
U.S. Department of Education data shows that in most states, black, Latino and special-needs students get referred to police and courts disproportionately.
