School-to-Prison Vocab
This term describes a disciplinary action where a student is removed from school as punishment.
What is suspension?
Over 10 million students in the U.S. attend schools that don’t have social workers. What do many of these schools have instead?
What are police officers?
In NYC, this borough has the highest percentage of students passing through metal detectors every day -- over 60%.
What is the Bronx?
These are law enforcement officers stationed in schools with arrest powers.
What are School Resource Officers (SROs)?
During the 2022–2023 school year, officers handcuffed students in over 1,000 incidents in NYC schools. What percentage of those students were Black and/or Latino?
What is 90%?
True or False: Giving young people jail time serves as an effective “slap on the wrist” that deters them from committing future offenses.
What is false?
A type of punishment that is automatic and severe, no matter the situation or student.
What is a zero-tolerance policy?
True or false: New York state meets the recommended ratio of students to counselors.
What is false?
Black students are how many times more likely to be suspended than white students?
What is 3.5X?
This approach to discipline focuses on repairing harm and building accountability rather than punishment.
What are restorative practices?
In a study of students suspended in NYC, 1 in 5 went on to experience what outcome?
What is arrest?
The "discipline gap," where Black children are more likely to be expelled than their white peers, begins as early as this stage of education.
What is preschool?