School To Prison Pipeline

How many times more likely are students of color to get suspended/expelled than white students?

• four times more likely

• ten times more likely

• three times more likely

• eight times more likely

What is a zero-tolerance policy in schools?

• Any trouble a student causes will result in them getting a suspension or even expelled.

• There are zero fights that happen in the school.

• Any student who gets into trouble will get a zero on their next test.

• There are no resource officers in the school.

What is the "School To Prison Pipeline"?

• The concept that construction companies should do work for free on urban schools

• The concept that students that graduate school in a city end up in prison more often than those in rural areas

• The concept that students expelled from school are more likely to end up in jail or prison within a year

• The concept that students of color who graduate high school end up working in prisons more often

Which of these is NOT a main component of the School to Prison Pipeline?

• Zero-Tolerance Policy

• Parent/Teacher

  Communication

• Resource Officers

• Failing Public Schools

What is the purpose of an alternative school?

• If students do not like the school they are at, they can have a better time at an alternative school.

• They offer tutoring centers

• It acts as an extra curricular school with sports, art, and music

• To give students another chance at education because they were not successful in their original school.

TRUE OR FALSE: Boys get suspended and/or expelled more than girls.

• True

• False

TRUE OR FALSE: Schools have more resource officers where the majority of students are students of color.

• True

• False

TRUE OR FALSE: Students with disabilities suffer the same consequences as students of color.

• True

• False

TRUE OR FALSE: Schools with money and resources face the same "School To Prison Pipeline" problem as poorer schools.

• True

• False

What are restorative practices?

• Restoring old disciplinary rules to new schools.

• An alternative to disciplinary action that allows for students to express themselves after they get into trouble.

• Changing the disciplinary action rules every few months.

• An alternative to funding programs at school that have been shut down to help students stay out of fights.