Are you a parent or guardian who is concerned about how the School-to-Prison Pipeline may impact your child and other youth? Check out this article from The American Civil Liberties Union about how you can help break this ongoing issue. #OCPhawk

This article discusses how different states are responding to the School-to-Prison Pipleine through implementing programs to resolve this issue. These programs are taking steps to protect the youth in these states from this systemic problem. #OCPhawk

The School-to-Prison Pipeline is a social justice issue on both a national and state level. This article discusses the racial disparities for those who are incarcerated in Iowa and how costly this issue is to the state. #OCPhawk

Creating policies which address the disproportionate discipline of youth is an important step to ending the STP. This article from the NEA discusses past policies that have been created to solve the issue and the pros and cons to these. #OCPhawk

One of the biggest concerns regarding the School-to-Prison Pipeline is the mistreatment of youth on the basis of race. Did you know that black girls are 10x more likely than white girls to receive discipline referrals? #OCPhawk

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As a graduate student currently studying the impact of the School-to-Prison Pipeline, I feel awareness needs to be raised about this very important social justice issue. To gain a better understanding of the issue and it’s impact please read the following linked article. #OCPhawk