Leading scholars and scholar-activists discuss structural racism and police in schools. 

Dr. Erica R. Meiners

is professor of education and women's and gender studies at Northeastern Illinois University. She is the author of several books including Right to Be Hostile: Schools, Prisons, and the Making of Public Enemies and coauthor of Flaunt It! Queers Organizing for Public Education and Justice.

Dr. David Stovall

is professor of African-American studies and criminology, law & justice at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is the author of several books including Born Out of Struggle, Critical Race Theory, School Creation, and the Politics of Interruption and the editor of From Education to Incarceration: Dismantling the School to Prison Pipeline.

Dr. Aaron Kupchik

is professor of sociology and criminal justice at the University of Delaware. His research focuses on juvenile justice with interests in punishment and policing of youth in schools, courts, and correctional facilities, as well as inequality among juveniles. He is the author of Homeroom Security: School Discipline in an Age of Fear and The Real School Safety Problem: The Long Term Consequences of Harsh School Punishment.

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