We're back again! This week I'm excited to share a conversation with our friend Shea Swauger about the prison to school pipeline of ed tech. We delve into a few topics surrounding the two-way commerce of discrimination in education, from the intentional to the unintentional. The idea of the school to prison pipeline, a concept of how certain policies (see: zero tolerance) interfere with the education of students of color and put them on the path to incarceration, but schools also import technology and policies developed or perfected in prisons into their classrooms and courses. This is a difficult -- but extremely important -- topic that Shea was kind enough to discuss with us. The show notes this week are copious with an amazing amount of resources, so please, dive in!
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Shea Swauger Presentation: The Prison to School Pipeline of EdTech
Michel Foucault (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
National Conference of State Legislatures: Felon Voting Rights
NPR: Florida Republicans Target Efforts To Help Felons Vote
Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping
EdSurge: New Ownership for an LMS Giant: Private Equity Firm to Buy Instructure for $2 Billion
The New York Times: The 1619 Project
The New York Times: Why American Prisons Owe Their Cruelty to Slavery
Adam Ruins Everything: Episode 16: The Failure of the War on Drugs
Netflix: I Am Not Your Negro
The OWL at Purdue: Critical Race Theory in Writing and Literature
Vox: Intersectionality, Explained
For more information on Critical Race Theory and Intersectionality, Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw is a prominent author with several works available on these topics.
UC Davis: Privacy Considerations for Remote Proctoring Technology
Temple University: Proctorio Best Practices for a Smooth Final Exam
Inside Higher Ed: Drowned Bunnies: Part 2