Suspension Stories ( suspensionstories.com ) Harsh school discipline drives many students into juvenile and adult prisons. Students illustrated the school-to-prison pipeline at a Representing the Pipeline event in Chicago in July 2010. See suspensionstories.com . More

Julie Mallozzi A circle meets at Cole Middle School in Oakland, California. The restorative justice pilot program at Cole, which Rita Alfred coordinated, was so effective in reducing suspensions, expulsions, and violence that staff at about twenty schools sought training and assistance to bring More

Suspension Stories ( suspensionstories.com ) “School House Jail House” reads the text on this painting by a student at the Representing the Pipeline event. More

Last October a group of primarily Latina mothers sat in at this Chicago public school to get the school district to build a library and community center instead of selling part of the school property to a neighboring private school. More

ACLU of Southern California (ACLU SoCal) A student speaks out against the school-to-prison pipeline during an education rally at Manual Arts High School in Los Angeles. More

Steve Hillebrand, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Safe outdoor play is hard to come by in urban settings, so hikes, camping trips, and other programs offered by regional parks, community organizations, and schools can become a lifeline. Here, a park ranger takes a school class on a nature walk. More

Deepak Lamba-Neives The construction of Boca Canasta’s water tower (left), primary school (center), and cemetery (right) were all made possible through collaborative efforts of migrants and local residents. More

Deepak Lamba-Neives The construction of Boca Canasta’s water tower (left), primary school (center), and cemetery (right) were all made possible through collaborative efforts of migrants and local residents. More

Deepak Lamba-Neives The construction of Boca Canasta’s water tower (left), primary school (center), and cemetery (right) were all made possible through collaborative efforts of migrants and local residents. More

Creative Commons/Boris Niehaus An ambulance lies in the rubble of the Shuja’iyya neighborhood of Gaza following Israeli attacks in summer 2014. Gazans have yet to recover from the Israeli airstrikes on their hospitals, homes, and schools. More

Mondragón Corporation The Mondragón Cooperatives trace their roots back to Father Jose Maria Arizmendi, a visionary Catholic priest who founded a local polytechnic school. “In order to democratize the power, we must socialize the knowledge,” he said. More

Creative Commons/Dominic Alves To foster a radical imagination, we need new spaces for consciousness-raising and debate. How might our society transform if we created free education spaces in our churches, synagogues, mosques, parks, and schools? More

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Andrew Larsen ( andrewlarsenphotography.com ) A peace treaty must begin by defining almost all of pre-1967 West Bank and Gaza as within Palestine’s borders. Such a change would transform the lives of Palestinians such as these students, whose school in Hebron is located in a militarized zone More

Even amid Israeli attacks like the one that turned these three homes to rubble in Anata, a town in the central West Bank, Palestinians have managed to build new schools, new roads, and new health centers within the last few years. Credit: Creative Commons/Michael.Loadenthal. More