Obama Administration Calls Out School-to-Prison Pipeline

Obama Administration Calls Out School-to-Prison Pipeline by Susan Du

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The White House sent a message to schools across the country Wednesday to abandon severe discipline policies shown to criminalize students for infringements that could be handled without law enforcement.

A series of guidelines issued Wednesday on behalf of the Obama Administration recognized a phenomenon advocates of school discipline reform call the school-to-prison pipeline.