I understand that Arne Duncan, the worst Secretary of Education in U.S. history, is talking about the alleged school-to-prison pipeline on Sirius talk radio today (Sunday, October 11, 2015).
For decades there has been a myth that a school-to-prison pipeline exists in the United States, and that the public schools are responsible for the exploding prison population.
This is a lie supported by propaganda paid for by the for-profit, autocratic, often fraudulent and inferior corporate education reform movement.
The U.S. had compulsory public education in every state by 1917, but the Prison Pipeline wasn’t built until the Nixon (1969 – 1974) and then Reagan (1981 – 1989) administrations.
- In 1920, the population of the U.S. was 106 million with about 100 thousand in prison and jail (0.09% of the population).
- In 1940, the population had reached 132 million with about 250,000 in prison and jail (0.18%)
- In 1960, the…
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Lloyd Lofthouse 
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