A coalition of advocacy groups including the NAACP Legal Defense Fund is pushing back against the idea of upping the number of armed police officers in schools, a suggestion being considered by the White House [3] in the wake of the Newtown, Conn., shooting tragedy.
The groups – which include the Advancement Project, the Dignity in Schools Campaign and the Alliance for Educational Justice – released an issue brief Friday [4] in which they warn of the “unintended consequences” of a greater police presence in schools, such as increased criminalization of students.
Links:
[1] http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/01/11/police-in-schools-not-the-answer-says-naacp-legal-defense-fund/
[2] http://www.naacpldf.org/case/school-prison-pipeline
[3] http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/white-house-considers-funding-for-police-in-schools-after-newtown/2013/01/10/e0044e58-5b3f-11e2-9fa9-5fbdc9530eb9_story.html
[4] http://www.naacpldf.org/publication/police-schools-are-not-answer-newtown-shooting
[5] http://twitter.com/home?status=Currently reading http://www.naacpldf.org/news/police-schools-%E2%80%98not-answer%E2%80%99-says-naacp-legal-defense-fund
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[8] http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://www.naacpldf.org/news/police-schools-%E2%80%98not-answer%E2%80%99-says-naacp-legal-defense-fund&title=Police+in+schools+%E2%80%98not+the+answer%2C%E2%80%99+says+NAACP+Legal+Defense+Fund
[9] http://www.naacpldf.org/printmail/news/police-schools-‘not-answer’-says-naacp-legal-defense-fund
[10] http://www.naacpldf.org/print/news/police-schools-‘not-answer’-says-naacp-legal-defense-fund