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Report: Schools are failing LGBT youth and funneling them into prison

Hostile school climates pave the way for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender, or LGBT, youth to spend less time in school and more time on the streets, thus increasing the likelihood of entering into the school-to-prison pipeline.
By CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS → · Updated on August 28, 2014
Report: Schools are failing LGBT youth and funneling them into prison

Hostile school climates pave the way for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender, or LGBT, youth to spend less time in school and more time on the streets, thus increasing the likelihood of entering into the school-to-prison pipeline.

This infographic comes from the Center for American Progress. Read more →

Center for American Progress
Center for American Progress

For more on the topic: Beyond Bullying: How Hostile School Climate Perpetuates the School-to-Prison Pipeline for LGBT Youth by Preston Mitchum and Aisha Moodie-Mills.

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