In modern education, schools have become increasingly stricter in disciplinary practices. As a result, school and legal systems have continued to converge in recent years, producing a phenomenon known as the school to prison pipeline. The term school to prison pipeline refers to the growing prevalence of zero-tolerance policies that ultimately push at-risk students out of the classroom and into juvenile and adult criminal justice systems. At its core, the pipeline can be attributed to pre-existing disparities in American society, the criminalization of youth, and an increasing prevalence of zero-tolerance disciplinary policies. THESIS Six decades ago, the United States Supreme Court historically ruled segregation unconstitutional and unequal
