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School-to-Prison Pipeline

School-to-Prison Pipeline

The School-to-Prison Pipeline (STPP) is a metaphor that describes the growing trajectory for students from their schools into the juvenile or adult criminal justice system. Research exploring the relationship between perceived negative school experiences and subsequent justice system involvement finds significant associations that reveal the student populations most at risk for falling into this pipeline, with the majority demographic being our Black youth …

Reforming School Discipline for a Better Learning Environment

 Reforming School Discipline for a Better Learning Environment

How a school disciplines their students is just as crucial a part of the curriculum as the subjects being taught in the classroom. Let’s delve into the intricate landscape of school discipline, exploring various approaches and their implications. This report seeks to approach school discipline from diverse angles, shedding light on the current state of affairs, policy developments, and their impact on students. By synthesizing our findings, we aim to better understand the most effective strategies to enhance learning environments and reduce student misbehaviors

Personalized Learning Playlists

Personalized Learning Playlists

With hopes to make the classroom experience more personalized for each student, many teachers have already began using this innovative and adaptable tool. First, think of the personalized learning playlist as a road-map for your students in their learning process, an outline for the lessons and assignments ahead. This road-map may allow 'different routes', chosen by the student, the teacher, or partially both. …

Public Schools vs. Charter Schools

Public Schools vs. Charter Schools

A sort of epic teaching battle for who can produce the best students. Charter schools have become the modern rival of public schools. The conversation has turned even uglier as Teachers Unions take charge and outright defame charter schools, with efforts to remove these entities from particular states all together. I think it’s time we call for some peace. …

Unfair School Funding

Unfair School Funding

In the U.S. school funding comes from a combination of three main sources. This balance varies from state to state, but on average it rounds to about 10% federal money, 45% from the state, and 45% local property taxes. The leading cause for our wide variation of poor and well education across school districts is our latter contributor, property taxes. Property values vary tremendously from neighborhood to neighborhood, district to district; and with them, tax revenues range far and wide just as well. …