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By Landon Van Soest, Filmmaker, “For Ahkeem”
and Sara Baker, Legislative and Policy Director, ACLU of Missouri
It’s easy to hear phrases like “school-to-prison pipeline” or “ratios of disparity” and dismiss them as think tank jargon.
“Are the children well?”
This is the question that keeps School District of University City Superintendent Dr. Sharonica Hardin-Bartley up at night. Young people must be emotionally well in order to achieve at the highest levels academically.
Four years ago today, an unarmed Black teen named Michael Brown was killed by a White police officer while walking in Ferguson.
The 18-year-old’s death would catalyze a movement.
