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What is my role in disrupting the school to prison pipeline?Christian Entezari- California Charter School Association
California Charters School Conference
March 28,2018
Agenda
�Framing�What does the data say
�Race/Ethnicity suspension data by school type
�Progress�Solutions
�Breakout & Share back
�Questions
TheProblem
School to Prison Pipeline�Students are funneled to Prison through
increased punishment
Causes
�Zero Tolerance Policies based on fears of crime� Increased suspensions
�Outsourcing discipline �Adopting broken window theory
approaches to discipline�School Resource Officers (SRO) on
school campuses
Why would an SRO be bad?
Sociologically�LabelingTheory
�Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
What does the data say?
�“Black preschoolers are 3.6x as
likely as their white peers to be
suspended.”
�“Each suspension in the 9th and
10th grade increases the likelihood
of dropout by 12%.”
�“Only 2% of California schools
have School-based health
centers….. making California last
in the nation.”
Source: http://schoolsnotprisons.vote/sources/#_edn1
Suspensionsby School Type
Suspension Rate: The unduplicated count of students suspended divided by the cumulative enrollment at the selected entity for the selected population using the available filters. CDE
Progress
�Overall defiance-only suspensions decreased 77% since 2011-12 school year, down 80% for African Americans.�2015 Limits on Willful Defiance�LAUSD Zero Suspensions Plan
PossibleSolutions
�In-School Community Service�Education for Change
�Safe and Civil Schools�Green Dot
� Improves schools safety through a system of core beliefs and behavior protocols� “….reduced its suspension rate from
118% in 2011-2012 to 37% in 2014-15”
�Restorative Practices�Leadership Public Schools (Bay Area)
& Cornerstone Academy (Bay Area)
Source:CCSA Member Portal
Breakout (15 mins)
Breakout Instructions
1. Create groups of 42. Discuss solutions on sheets
1. Is this a new solution for you?2. Is this solution applicable to your
site(s)?3. What are some possible barriers?
Share Back (10 mins)
Questions?
Sources
� VOX School to Prison Pipeline Explained
� Thought Co.� https://www.thoughtco.com/school-to-prison-pipeline-4136170
� CCSA Website� http://www.ccsa.org/2016/04/alternatives-to-suspensionexpulsion.html#tab-attitudes
� LAUSD Zero Suspensions Plan� “As part of this plan, all schools must suspend no more than 5% of their
student body, or cut their number of suspensions by 50% each year.”
� ACLU
� CDE� https://www.cde.ca.gov/nr/ne/yr15/yr15rel5.asp� https://www.cde.ca.gov/nr/ne/yr17/yr17rel80.asp
� US Department of Education