School To Prison Pipeline Essay

A mother picked up her six year old daughter Salecia from the police station where she sat in handcuffs from throwing a temper tantrum at school. She was then also suspended from school for her miss behavior (Mandell). Not only were the actions performed unnecessary, but incredibly harsh for a girl her age. The action of pushing students from school straight into prison is called the school to prison pipeline. Overreliance of harsh disciplinary actions is causing the school to prison pipeline cycle to happen and continue to happen. The school to prison pipeline is a serious issue and is mostly involved around students’ race rather than their actions. Students can perform the same troublesome activities, but students who are colored are punished more than the other students. Institutional racism is happening in schools everywhere. It is a form of racism expressed in social and political institutions. Black students are mainly being unfairly judged and receiving unfair treatment for things that white students are doing too. Statistics provided by …show more content…
Secondly teacher students relationship are very beneficial in this case. From personal experience I am very close to a staff member at my school names Mr. Navarro. Time and time again he continues to check up on me and when he sees I’m not doing so well he is the first person to ask me what’s wrong and what he can do to help. He continuously helps me with any college questions I have and encourages me to do my best. If every student had a school staff member that they knew cared for them and had their back students would be keeping their heads out of trouble. Lastly a simple answer being, alternative disciplinary practices! One example of this can be taking their issue out with a paid professional that can help them figure out how to act differently next