School-to-Prison Pipeline
How one state supports its teenagers while a neighboring state punishes them.
School-based police officers are paid to protect our kids. But sometimes they do more harm than good.
Racial stereotyping can affect kids at every stage of life.
So, hire more black teachers.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
"I am comfortable with people knowing I'm the girl who stood up," says Niya Kenny.
“Implicit biases do not begin with black men and police, they begin with young black boys and their preschool teachers, if not earlier."
They say school-based police do much more harm than good.
It's the school-to-prison pipeline in action.
