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| Community leaders debate how to stop ‘school-to-prison pipeline’ |
| By news.medill.northwestern.edu - Bryan Lowry |
| Published: 02/14/2013 |
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Entering gritty Harper High School in Englewood you must first pass through a metal detector, then by a security guard, then a Chicago police officer. Heading up the stairs to the second floor you’ll need a security guard to unlock a metal gate, and then at the top of the stairs, another security guard. This sounds more like a prison than a school. Last year 29 Harper students were shot or killed. It is one of many Chicago Public Schools that has a daily police presence. In a posh ballroom at the Hyatt Regency in the Loop on Wednesday, Tim King, the founder of Urban Prep Academies, a charter network, brought up Harper as an example of how Chicago’s gang epidemic has harmed education. Read More. |
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