The book looks at the different avenues in the schooling process that can lead to underserved and routinely disciplined students entering the prison system. It is important for practitioners to read because it highlights the legal rights students have that may thwart some of the forces that contribute to the school to prison pipeline.
Kim, C. Y, Losen, D. J., and Dewitt, D. T. The school-to-prison pipeline: Structuring legal reform. New York: New York University Press, 2010.
This article is adapted from a presentation for ZERO TO THREE’s Scientific Meeting held on April 27, 2021. In the presentation Ross Thompson articulated The Development of Social Categories and Preferences by Young Children, Dr. Andrew Meltzoff described his research concerning the ways that young children pick up bias from everyday experience and Dr. Walter Gilliam discussed racial bias exhibited by early childhood educators.
Thompson, R.A., Meltzoff, A.N., & Gilliam, W.S. (2021). Race, Equity, Bias, and Early Childhood: Examining the Research. Zero to Three Journal, 42(1), 5-16.
This volume examines the interconnected concepts of punitive school discipline and early introduction to the criminal justice system. The authors review how improved understanding and amended practices are integral to eliminating the current trajectory of students into the penal system.
Fasching-Varner, Kenneth J., Martin, Lori Latrice, Mitchell, Roland W., Bennett-Haron, Karen, ed. Daneshzadeh, Arash, ed. (2017). Understanding, Dismantling, and Disrupting the Prison-to-School Pipeline.Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
