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