The schooltoprison pipeline has been hidden in the shadows of our educational systems for way too long. It’s a series of policies that have targeted kids of color, pulling them out of schools and into the legal system. And now, more than ever, it requires our fight to end.

Listen as Malhar Shah, an education attorney at the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund explains:
The schooltoprison pipeline
How it impacts school discipline and special education laws
And the role teachers and parents can play in dismantling it

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