Episode 3: School Discipline and Life Imitating Art

Reading for college courses. (Photo Credits: Jordan Bentz)

She walked away from a teaching career, saying she could no longer play a role in perpetrating the “school to prison pipeline.” A former teacher and an educational researcher breakdown the systemic factors that reinforce cycles of crime in communities of color. Plus, a look at pop cultural influences, including hip hop music. Should artists bear some blame?

This episode was produced by Ed Madison and Sararosa Davies, along with a team of alumni and current students at the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication. Our partners on this project are OPB, The Oregonian and Willamette Week.