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SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPELINE
Below is a sample of recent research or recommendations relevant to reducing suspensions, expulsions, and incarceration of juveniles or young adults. This compilation was developed for the local Safer Schools Task Force subgroup working on a Inter-agency Agreement for New Hanover County. Several of the resources were also showcased at a December 11, 2014 event "Stopping the School to Prison Pipeline" sponsored by the Dropout Prevention Coalition http://uncw.edu/ed/dropout/. An overview of the event is located at:  http://www.uncw.edu/ed/news/dpc121114.html and some news coverage at: http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20141215/ARTICLES/141219833/0/fast?p=4&tc=pg
Additional information was posted for the 2015 At-Risk Youth National Forum and the 2015 Collaborative Conference for Student Achievement
The resources included  national, state, and local research and resources. If you would like to suggest additional items please email Dr. Janna Robertson, professor of education at University of North Carolina, Wilmington at:  robertsonj@uncw.edu.

National School Discipline Guidelines (2014):  
http://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/school-discipline/index.html 
http://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/school-discipline/guiding-principles.pdf
Video by Arne Duncan (January 2015): http://atlantablackstar.com/2015/01/21/the-school-to-prison-pipeline-is-very-real-for-young-black-kids-heres-an-articulate-answer-on-what-to-do-about-it/ 
Director Comey Discusses Race and Law Enforcement (February 2015): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbx4HAm6Rc8&feature=share

School Discipline Consensus Report (2014): 
http://csgjusticecenter.org/youth/school-discipline-consensus-report/
http://csgjusticecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/The_School_Discipline_Consensus_Report.pdf 

Brave New Film Justice Videos (short videos 2015):
How The School to Prison Pipeline Ruins Lives Before They Start (JUSTICE #2): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Qe5_1WayiI&feature=iv&src_vid=TjGoekJfrgY&annotation_id=annotation_2772381695
What are the odds you'll go to prison? (JUSTICE #1): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGFdIEZRH5k&list=PLQ9B-p5Q-YOOB3eYHFnysjca8RxgUQ9mH
Why are so many women in prison? (JUSTICE #3): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjGoekJfrgY&index=10&list=PLQ9B-p5Q-YOOB3eYHFnysjca8RxgUQ9mH
Additional videos and documentaries: http://www.bravenewfilms.org/justice

No Place for Kids: Ann E. Casey Foundation Report (2011):
http://www.aecf.org/m/resourcedoc/aecf-NoPlaceForKidsFullReport-2011.pdf 

Schott Foundation:
Black Girls Matter (January 2015): Pushed out, Overpoliced and Underprotected: http://www.atlanticphilanthropies.org/sites/default/files/uploads/BlackGirlsMatter_Report.pdf
Black Lives Matter (short video about Black Boys): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDRB91izZ8w
Black Boys Report: http://blackboysreport.org/national-summary/
Interactive Map of Graduation Rates and Suspension for Boys: http://blackboysreport.org/interactive-map-dashboard/

Stories
Story of Michael Lewis: 
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/01/26/1360312/-Convicted-for-murder-at-13-Michael-Lewis-now-31-years-old-still-languishes-in-a-Georgia-prison#
Tavis Smiley Reports: Education Under Arrest: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/tavissmiley/tsr/education-under-arrest/
Suspension Stories: http://www.suspensionstories.com/
Ending School to Prison Pipeline: http://criticalmassprogress.com/2014/10/08/ci-ending-the-school-to-prison-pipeline/
Backlash to No Excuses Charter Schools: http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/12/how-strict-is-too-strict/382228/  
Alan Singer: History of Inner City Schools to Prison: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alan-singer/why-many-inner-city-schoo_b_5993626.html
Earl Ofari Hutchenson: Black Students: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/earl-ofari-hutchinson/for-black-students-the-sc_b_6037060.html
Wall Street Journal: http://online.wsj.com/articles/for-more-teens-arrests-by-police-replace-school-discipline-1413858602
Racial Disparities in School Suspension: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/researchers-point-to-racial-disparities-in-school-suspension-spotlight-new-practices/2014/03/14/0017cd98-aaa7-11e3-adbc-888c8010c799_story.html
Black Boys Viewed as Older, Less Innocent: http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2014/03/black-boys-older.aspx
School Discipline Differs for Girls by Race and Hue: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/11/us/school-discipline-to-girls-differs-between-and-within-races.html?hp&action=click&pg&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=2
Improving Mental Health in the Schools: http://pdk.sagepub.com/content/96/4/8.full

School Suspensions 
Duke Law: Alternatives to Suspension (2015):  
http://law.duke.edu/childedlaw/schooldiscipline/downloads/instead_of_suspension.pdf
UCLA Civil Rights Research (2013): http://civilrightsproject.ucla.edu/news/press-releases/2013-press-releases/out-of-school-and-off-track-reports-detail-disturbing-and-increased-use-of-suspensions 
North Carolina Toolkit: 
https://www.ncdps.gov/Index2.cfm?a=000003,002476,002689,002706,002750
PBIS World: 
http://www.pbisworld.com/tier-2/alternatives-to-suspension/

North Carolina 
How Much NC Spends a Year to Lock up a Juvenile: http://www.journalnow.com/news/local/report-state-spends-a-year-to-lock-up-a-juvenile/article_11ec6d2c-80d4-11e4-b111-832ba6054305.html
Justice Reinvestment in North Carolina: Three Years Later (2014): http://csgjusticecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/JRinNCThreeYearsLater.pdf
NC Discipline Laws: http://safesupportivelearning.ed.gov/discipline-compendium/choose-type/north%20carolina
NC  State Accountability: http://www.ncpublicschools.org/accountability/reporting/
IDEA Discipline data: https://inventory.data.gov/dataset/972b1beb-ca07-49b9-9634-615afcfafc22/resource/b5f7696f-1c13-43ba-9a0c-88c773df021c 
NC Graduation rate: http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/accountability/reporting/1314cohortgradrate.pdf
North Carolina Risk Behaviors: http://www.nchealthyschools.org/docs/data/yrbs/2013/statewide/high-school.pdf
NC Juvenile Justice:  https://www.ncdps.gov/Index2.cfm?a=000003,002476
NC County Data: https://www.ncdps.gov/index2.cfm?a=000003,002476,002483,002482,002506,002523
NC School Counselor shortage: http://wunc.org/post/nc-schools-theres-one-counselor-every-400-students
Community Programs review: https://www.ncdps.gov/div/JJ/DPS_DJJ_Community_Programs_Report_2013-03-20.pdf
Alternatives to Commitment: https://www.ncdps.gov/div/JJ/DPS_DJJ_Alternatives_to_Commitment_Report_2013-03-20.pdf
NC Juvenile Justice Blog: http://juvenilejusticeblog.web.unc.edu/ 
Youth Justice North Carolina: http://youthjusticenc.org/ 

North Carolina Policy: Raise the Age (only 2 states have 16 year olds considered adults for adjudication and incarceration, NC and NY)
NC Child: Raise the Age: http://www.ncchild.org/what-children-need/juvenile-justice/ 
NC House Bill 735 “ Young Offenders Rehabilitation Act” http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=h725
US Senator Support: http://nccriminallaw.sog.unc.edu/u-s-senators-support-raise-the-age/
US Bipartisan Support: http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/time-to-tackle-unfinished-business-in-criminal-justice-reform/2015/02/27/e17878bc-bdf9-11e4-bdfa-b8e8f594e6ee_story.html 
Koch Brothers Support: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2015/02/19/the-bipartisan-push-for-criminal-justice-gets-a-koch-funded-boost/
New York May change their law: http://www.npr.org/2015/03/22/394655132/in-new-york-support-grows-for-keeping-teens-out-of-adult-prisons?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news
Impact on 2016 US elections: http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/26/politics/2016-election-criminal-justice-reform/index.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_us+%28RSS%3A+U.S.%29 

New Hanover County
Developmental Assets (2012): http://www.nhcs.net/support/HealthAdvisory/AB65004XSum-%20All%20Schools.pdf
Civil Rights Data (2009): http://ocrdata.ed.gov/Page?t=d&eid=29146&syk=5&pid=119 
North Carolina Consolidated Report 2012-2013: http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/docs/research/discipline/reports/consolidated/2012-13/consolidated-report.pdf
NHCS Livebinder: http://www.livebinders.com/play/play/508368 
ABE System (Alternative Behavior Educator): http://www.abesystems.com/ 

Successful Regional Programs
Blue Ribbon Commission, Youth Enrichment Zone:  http://www.brcyez.org/ 
Combating Gang Violence (Ben David Breakfast Talk): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yli0dJwPE0I&list=UUAkJUk81NcdaZ-8P1d51V2Q 
Hometown Hires: http://hometownhires.com/ 
New Hanover Community Justice Services: http://cjs.nhcgov.com/ 
Anti-Bullying: https://prezi.com/ugvfah8jzy-i/anti-bullying-programs-implement-an-approach-that-matches-your-school-ncmle-conference/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy
Cougar Watch: http://charactermattersnc.com/cougar-watch-program-helps-stop-bullying/
New Hanover Drug Treatment Court: http://whqr.org/post/evaluation-new-hanover-countys-drug-treatment-court-shows-signs-success
Teen Court Robeson County:  http://vimeo.com/106632750?utm_source=Endeavors+newsletter&utm_campaign=4c3328c3a0-Endeavors_October_201410_9_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_2c1a6817f1-4c3328c3a0-36412053 
Coastal Care: System of Care: http://www.coastalcarenc.org/howdoigethelp/child-and-family-services-2/
We Care After School Tutoring: http://wecareafterschool.wix.com/tutoring 
School Violence Symposium: http://www.wect.com/story/27925496/law-enforcement-educators-talk-about-how-to-keep-schools-safe

Successful Programs Nationally 
Several Programs: http://www.youthlaw.org/fileadmin/ncyl/youthlaw/litigation/bryan/Appendix-H-Less-Discriminatory-Alternatives.pdf
Texas: http://www.mystatesman.com/news/news/new-laws-drastically-cut-prosecutions-of-texas-stu/nhfPN/#895467db.3559866.735515
Utah: http://fox13now.com/2014/10/10/study-examines-school-to-prison-pipeline-in-utah/
https://app.box.com/s/7ylyziug6ims8ahuwa06
Connecticut: http://www.ct.gov/opm/cwp/view.asp?A=2974&Q=383624
Los Angeles: http://www.scpr.org/news/2015/01/10/49202/policy-shift-yields-decline-in-los-angeles-school/

Wake County
NC Justice Center Complaints: http://www.ncjustice.org/schooldiscipline
Wake County Memorandum of Understanding: 
http://www.newsobserver.com/content/media/2011/7/2/SRO.pdf
The State of the School to Prison Pipeline in Wake County: http://www.legalaidnc.org/stateofpipeline.pdf

General Resources
US Department of Justice: http://www.ojjdp.gov/
Teach Safe Schools.org: http://www.teachsafeschools.org/learning-safety.html
Advancement Project: http://safequalityschools.org/
Justice Policy Institute: http://www.justicepolicy.org/index.html

Relevant Research
The Public’s Increasing Punitiveness and Its Influence on Mass Incarceration in the US (2014): http://falcon.arts.cornell.edu/pe52/Enns_PunIncRate_AJPSfin.pdf 
Closing the Gap Conference (2013): http://www.indiana.edu/~atlantic/discipline-gap-conference/ 

Restorative Justice
Restorative Justice Online: http://www.restorativejustice.org/university-classroom/01introduction
International Institute of Restorative Practices: http://www.iirp.edu
Results in Washington State: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/insight/2015/02/15/01-educators-test-new-discipline.html

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