From the Classroom to the Courtroom: Senate Bill 100 and the School-to-Prison Pipeline

The Podvocate

In her inaugural episode, Nneka sits down with Jackie Ross, staff attorney at Loyola University of Chicago’s Civitas ChildLaw Clinic. They are both former special education teachers with similar philosophies of learning. Their discussion centers on the role of legislation in dismantling the school-to-prison pipeline - specifically Illinois Senate Bill 100. Nneka and Jackie reflect on “full court press advocacy” as it relates to education law. In basketball, a full-court press takes a great deal of effort but can be an effective tactic. Often when teams are behind late in a game, they will apply full-court pressure to the entire length of the court. Nneka and Jackie reference the following two articles: ProPublica’s “The Price Kids Pay” and Eteng Ettah’s “Abbott Elementary and the Promise of Schools without Cops.”