The document discusses similarities between the school and prison systems. It notes that both systems utilize zero-tolerance policies, excessive policing, resource diversion, and unequal sentencing. Schools also emphasize obedience, silence, order and have an authoritarian structure like prisons, with set schedules and loss of individual autonomy. Critics argue this "factory model" of education was influenced by industrialization but fails to meet human needs, just as factory workers suffered from boredom and injuries.

1. Some thoughts from thinkers online

2. School as training for prison
• Zero-tolerance policies
• Excessive policing
• Resource diversion
• Unequal sentencing
• High-stakes testing
• Institutional similarity
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School-to-
prison_pipeline
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3. School as training for prison
• Authoritarian structure
• Dress code
• Emphasis on silence and order
• Negative reinforcement
• Walk in lines
• Loss of individual automony
• Adbridged freedoms
• No input in decision making
• Set times enforced for walking, eating, etc.
From http://joyreactor.com/post/412446
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4. School as training for prison
“The reason for these similarities has a lot to do with
the industrial revolution.
“There was a big push way back when to create efficient systems
for completing specific tasks. The problem is that while
efficiently designed systems are good for building Model T
automobiles or taking apart cows, they fall short when it comes
to meeting human needs.
“The workers in the car-putting-together factories and cow-
taking-apart factories suffered a lot
from boredom and repetitive motion injuries.
“The kids in our factory model schools suffer too.”
From http://www.jeffajohnson.com/2012/01/schools-and-prisons-comparison.html
Image from http://starvethematrix.com/~starvet0/images/work/kidfactory.jpg