Join Councilmember David Grosso, Ghost Note Agency, and the Dream
Defenders for a documentary screening and panel discussion on school
discipline policies and the school-to-prison pipeline.
The documentary, produced by the Dream Defenders, examines current
public policy and school discipline practices that have landed a
disproportionate number of students of color trapped within the
school-to-prison pipeline in urban cities such as the District of
Columbia, Baltimore, and Philadelphia. Following the screening,
three panelists will share critical insight on the dynamics of the
epidemic and trends happening nationally and locally.
Panelists: Thena Robinson Mock, Project Director - Ending the
Schoolhouse to Jailhouse Track, a project of The Advancement
Project
Dr. Ian
Roberts, Principal - The Academies at
Anacostia
Eduardo
Ferrer, Legal and Policy Director - DC Lawyers for Youth
Why attend?
The Impact of the School to
Prison Pipeline has been made a national point of discussion by
Attorney General Eric Holder and Education Secretary Arne
Duncan
It costs approximately $47,000
per inmate per year to keep a young (and relatively healthy)
inmate locked up.
Minority students have
less access to advanced courses, more inexperienced
teachers and face tougher disciplinary consequences than
their counterparts, a new trove of federal data shows,
affirming long-held beliefs about disparities in the
classroom.
40 percent of Black youths with
disabilities are arrested after leaving high school compared to
27 percent of White youths with disabilities.
