Today’s episode of the Making Afterschool Cool podcast centers on the School to Prison Nexus. The practice of assigning students who violate the zero-tolerance policies on their campus being placed into an alternative site, the juvenile system or the criminal justice system, was originally known as the school-to-prison pipeline. However, over the years, it has become evident that the school-to-prison pipeline is more complex than previously stated. As a result, the phrase school to prison nexus emerged. To discuss the difference betw...
Today’s episode of the Making Afterschool Cool podcast centers on the School to Prison Nexus. The practice of assigning students who violate the zero-tolerance policies on their campus being placed into an alternative site, the juvenile system or the criminal justice system, was originally known as the school-to-prison pipeline. However, over the years, it has become evident that the school-to-prison pipeline is more complex than previously stated. As a result, the phrase school to prison nexus emerged. To discuss the difference between the two terms are my guests; Circe Stumbo and Angelina Ramirez.
During this episode you will learn more regarding the:
- Purpose of Westwind Education Policy Inc.
- Definition of the school to prison pipeline
- Details surrounding how the school to prison nexus disproportionately impacts black and brown students
- Explanation of how the employment of police officers as school security affects school climate and disproportionally increases the number of students of color receiving discipline citations
- Recommendations to help schools create a positive and inclusive environment
Guest
Circe Stumbo is president of West Wind Education Policy Inc. (West Wind), which she founded in January 2001. Circe has facilitated national and statewide blue-ribbon panels and summits, cross-functional working teams, organizational strategic planning processes, and equity leadership teams. This includes her current facilitation of Iowa’s statewide Dyslexia Task Force. Circe has worked with fifty-seven states and territories through her collaborations with national and regional advocacy organizations and federal centers.
Angelina Ramirez is a senior at Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, majoring in both Political Science and Social and Criminal Justice. She is also a Project Assistant at West Wind Education Policy Inc. Angelina also serves as Student Coordinator of Civic Engagement at Coe College, a volunteer for Habitat for Humanity, an Intern for Advocates for Social Justice, and an English Second Language Teacher through the Adult Basic Education and Refugee & Immigrant Services Programs at the Catherine McAuley Center in Cedar Rapids.
Resources
West Wind Education Policy Inc
westwinded.com
Harris County Department of Education
https://hcde-texas.org
CASE for Kids
https://hcde-texas.org/afterschool-zone
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