School to Prison Pipeline

The Urgency of Now: The Schott 50 State Report on Public Education and Black Males, a new report from the Schott Foundation for Public Education finds that only 52 percent of Black male and 58 percent of Latino male ninth-graders graduate from high school four years…

By Damekia Morgan, Families and Friends of Louisiana’s Incarcerated Children (FFLIC) On Thursday, March 1, 2012, Ashana Bigard, community members, and I attended a Congressional Briefing hosted by the Honorable Senator Mary Landrieu in Washington D.C. The purpose of the Congressional Briefing was intended to launch…

Community Circle of Hope: Creating Positive School Climates by Securing Dignity in Respect forLouisiana’s Students Tuesday, October 4, 2011 6:00-8:30pm Treme Center On the evening of October 4, 2011 Families and Friends of Louisiana’s Incarcerated Children (FFLIC), Juvenile Justice of Louisiana (JJPL), Kids Rethink New Orleans…

There is no better place for a student to be than in school during school hours.   Yet, in Louisiana, already higher-than average suspensions and expulsion rates have been on the rise over the past decade as state and local zero-tolerance policies have imposed harsh punishment…