Schools and the Rise of Mass Incarceration in a Post-Brown World

29/05/2025 50 min
Schools and the Rise of Mass Incarceration in a Post-Brown World

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Dr. Matt Kautz explores how evolving school disciplinary practices, changes in crime reporting, and political pressure in the decades following school desegregation led to the rise of student suspensions, expulsions, dropouts, and the school-to-prison pipeline in Detroit and other cities. Kautz is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Leadership and Counseling at Eastern Michigan … Continue reading Schools and the Rise of Mass Incarceration in a Post-Brown World

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