The school-to-prison pipeline effects schools and youth across the country, particularly minority and disabled students in urban areas. Due to changes in the school policy schools across the United States is more likely to push our students from the school system into the criminal justice system. Majority of the schools have law enforcement officers inside the buildings and a strong zero-tolerance policy that treats all behavior the same no matter what the offense is. The school systems are starting to depend on suspensions/expulsions and outside law enforcement to take care of issues in the classroom which is causing physical and emotional risks to youth.
Zero tolerance policies were developed in the early 1990’s due to school shootings and …show more content…
If so, when? Should disorderly conduct or disruptive behavior be enough to warrant arrest, what trainings should police officers receive before they are deployed to work with children in schools, have you personally ever been involved in the School-to-Prison Pipeline, do you have any other strong comments/views on the subject that was not asked in the above questions? If so, what are …show more content…
Teachers need a lot more support and training for effective discipline and the school system need to apply their best practices for behavior modification to keep the children where they belong and that is in school. Keeping “tough” children can be hard for teachers under the pressure of meeting certain measures, however the teachers have control of whether a child falls into the school to prison pipeline. Teachers know their students, and this puts them in a position that they can keep trying their best to keep students in the classroom. When teachers take a more responsive and less aggressive approach, kids are more likely to react positive as to just punishing them for minor offenses under the zero-tolerance
Zero tolerance policies were developed in the early 1990’s due to school shootings and …show more content…
If so, when? Should disorderly conduct or disruptive behavior be enough to warrant arrest, what trainings should police officers receive before they are deployed to work with children in schools, have you personally ever been involved in the School-to-Prison Pipeline, do you have any other strong comments/views on the subject that was not asked in the above questions? If so, what are …show more content…
Teachers need a lot more support and training for effective discipline and the school system need to apply their best practices for behavior modification to keep the children where they belong and that is in school. Keeping “tough” children can be hard for teachers under the pressure of meeting certain measures, however the teachers have control of whether a child falls into the school to prison pipeline. Teachers know their students, and this puts them in a position that they can keep trying their best to keep students in the classroom. When teachers take a more responsive and less aggressive approach, kids are more likely to react positive as to just punishing them for minor offenses under the zero-tolerance