Current scholarship suggests that the school-to-prison pipeline begins with inadequate resources in public schools, overcrowded classrooms, a lack of qualified teachers, insufficient funding, negligible community support, and zero-tolerance policies that impose severe punishments, which often lead to expulsion and, frequently, prison. This program will explore the relationship between the inherent inequities in the public education system and integration following Brown v. Board of Education (1954) -- and how the legacy of the latter helped create the often-inequitable public education landscape that Black children and their families face today.

Speakers

David Blanding, Ph.D., Faculty Director of the Master of Public Affairs, Brown University

Krista Buras, Ph.D., Author, What We Stand to Lose

Walter Stern, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Educational Policy Studies & History, University of Wisconsin-Madison