News & Commentary about School-to-Prison Pipeline
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The ACLU works in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and the laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country.
![Demonstrators holding signs that read "No Cops In Schools" and "Schools Need Service Not Police" protest outside City Hall in New York City.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2023/12/no-cops-in-schools-sign-b-400x266.jpg)
Dec 14, 2023
The Consequences of Police in Schools: A North Carolina Case Study
![In this Dec. 17, 2012 photo, Officer Rick Moore of the Oakland school district police patrols Oakland Technical High School in Oakland, Calif.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2023/09/school-resource-officer-blog-400x266.jpg)
Sep 14, 2023
This Student Fought a School Fine for Four Years
![A prisoner holding his extended and clasped hands between the bars of his cell.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2022/06/Sentencing-Blog-400x266.jpg)
Jun 2, 2022
What if Algorithms Worked For Accused People, Instead of Against Them?
![A sign made out of confetti that reads "Police Free Schools" on a gate during a Black Lives Matter protest.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2021/08/Regular-Police-in-school-400x266.jpg)
Aug 31, 2021
Safe and Healthy Schools Lead With Support, Not Police
![Protesters demanding removing police officers from schools on steps of Department of Education know as Tweed Courthouse in New York on June 25, 2020.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2021/02/WEB21-police-in-schools-Biden-letter-wordpress-1110x740-1-400x266.jpg)
Feb 25, 2021
President Biden: Stop Funding the Policing of Our Students
![A close up of a police officer wears a "Police" label beside a U.S. ICE (standing for Immigration and Customs Enforcement) badge on his vest.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2020/09/Black-Immigrants-Police-and-ICE-Header-Image-400x266.jpg)
Sep 3, 2020
For Black Immigrants, Police and ICE Are Two Sides of the Same Coin
![A University of Chicago police car.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2020/07/University-Police-Header-Image-400x266.jpg)
Jul 31, 2020
Police Divestment Efforts Must Include Universities
![Protesters demanding removing police officers from schools on steps of Department of Education in Manhattan, New York.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2020/07/Police-Schools-FOIA-Header-Image-400x266.jpg)
Jul 9, 2020
Police in Schools Continue to Target Black, Brown, and Indigenous Students with Disabilities. The Trump Administration Has Data That’s Likely to Prove It.
![A student erasing answers from a test](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web19-student-taking-test-smolaw11-istock-blogimage-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Jul 25, 2019
This County Criminalized Students for Bad Grades – Until Now