UB's BMALE Academy Hosts Panel Discussion on Breaking 'School-to-Prison Pipeline,' Nov. 3
October 27, 2015
Contact: University Relations
Phone: 410.837.5739
A panel discussion, "Destroying the School-to-Prison Pipeline," will be hosted by the University of Baltimore's BMALE Academy in partnership with the Women of Color Student Association on Tuesday, Nov. 3 at 6 p.m. in UB's H. Mebane Turner Learning Commons Town Hall, 1415 Maryland Ave. The event is free and open to the public.
The "school-to-prison pipeline" refers to policies and practices that push Baltimore schoolchildren, especially those children who are most at risk, out of classrooms and into the juvenile and criminal justice system. The pipeline reflects the prioritization of incarceration over education.
Panelists for the Nov. 3 discussion include:
- Marshall Goodwin, chief of the Baltimore City Schools Police Department
- Khalilah Harris, deputy director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans
- Rev. Eric King, pastor for New Life United Methodist Church
- Karl Perry, chief of School Support for Baltimore City Public Schools
- Patricia Welch, dean of the School of Education & Urban Studies at Morgan State University
- Benjamin Wright, associate professor in the School of Criminal Justice at the University of Baltimore
The Town Hall discussion will be moderated by Renita Seabrook, associate professor in the UB School of Criminal Justice.
The group will discuss solutions to problems such as the following—which, for some students, may contribute to a path that leads from education to incarceration:
- inadequate resources in public schools;
- overly harsh school discipline, including zero-tolerance policies that automatically impose severe punishment regardless of circumstances;
- an increased reliance on police rather than teachers and administrators to maintain discipline.
For more information about this event, contact Sunni Solomon at 410.837.5927.
Learn more about UB's BMALE Academy.