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Education Matters – Disrupting the school-to-prison pipeline

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Topic:  Disrupting the School-to-Prison Pipeline

Satana Deberry campaigned to become Durham County’s next District Attorney advocating for reforms in the criminal justice system, including how students are treated. She’s now one of several new District Attorneys and Sheriffs elected in November in North Carolina and across the U.S. who believe overzealous policing and prosecution has exacerbated a school-to-prison pipeline that disproportionately affects poor and minority children. Her election, and this debate, comes at the same time there are calls for increased police and security presence at our schools in the wake of recent shootings. Can we do both – protect children and also make sure all students are treated fairly?

Guests:

Satana Deberry, District Attorney-Elect, Durham County

Peggy Nicholson, Co-Director, Youth Justice Project

Resources

EdLines

Federal civil rights investigation of Wake Schools settled
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article221985515.html

State Superintendent offers cash prize for parent survey
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article221726610.html

Study finds investing in low-performing schools works
https://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/co/2018/11/15/did-giving-extra-money-to-struggling-denver-schools-boost-test-scores-study-suggests-it-did/ 

Interview Segments

https://deberry4da.com/

https://www.heraldsun.com/news/local/crime/article211206354.html

https://www.heraldsun.com/news/local/education/article221531155.html 

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/article194706934.html

http://youthjusticenc.org/

http://youthjusticenc.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Durham-County-Schools.pdf

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