Naika Guerrier March 23rd, 2024 CAEP 5879: Mental Health and Trauma Dr. Tampke School To Prison Pipeline Educational institutions' primary goal is supporting adolescents in their education journeys. At times, dealing with a student population can sometimes require behavior guidelines. While implementing behavioral guidelines and rules helps further their education, it can also cause a great amount of harm to their education and future. One example is the school-to-prison pipeline, discussed by Nelson and Lind, who provide historical background on school behavioral discipline. The authors describe how school suspension increased throughout the 1990s due to the implementation of the Gun-Free Schools Act. The Gun-Free Schools Act was an act that…show more content… Basford and colleagues conducted a list of interventions that focus on improving school settings for students. This study analyzed the impact of the justice system on people of color, but especially the impact on young youth of color. The study was conducted at a public charter school. Basford and colleagues continue to discuss the importance of restorative justice, and with restorative justice, the priority focus is improving students' school experience and not deviating from the issue. The study discusses trauma-informed pedagogy and how students who had low school attendance and were suspended did not only impact their mental health but also their academic performance. The second pedagogy that the research explains is culturally sustainable pedagogy. Basford and colleagues explain Paris and Almin's concept of culturally sustaining pedagogies and culturally sustaining pedagogy, and it focuses on creating a space for students to embrace students' differences and be aware of students obtaining skills from families and trying to create a comfortable space for students of color who are in white-dominated schools. Basford and colleagues point out that research has shown that students of color are more likely to encounter implicit racial biases in classroom settings, and adding culturally sustainable pedagogies will help eliminate racial biases in classrooms. With that, the research team conducted a study to analyze the impact of intervention on a racially diverse group of teachers and school administrations. In the study, there was a collaboration of interviews and classroom observation with teachers and students to better understand the intervention. The findings state that five intervention practices are effective in creating a better school environment. The first one is hooking and healing with innovative programming, which primarily focuses on encouraging
