From homeroom to handcuffs: Part 1 – Data shows Black and disabled students are disproportionately caught in the school-to-prison pipeline in Maryland public schools, many for low-level offenses

To most, an 11-year-old schoolgirl might seem like an unlikely offender. But nearly six years ago, one sixth-grader was arrested and taken to jail for refusing to sit in her assigned seat within an Anne Arundel County public school classroom. Logan Ewing, an attorney with Disability Rights Maryland, shared in…

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