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Students and activists have protested throughout the summer against stationing police in Chicago public schools. Here, students stage a protest in early June, 2020.

Sarah Karp

Re-imagining safety in schools

By  Marie Mendoza
   

In the wake of the Uvalde and Highland Park mass shootings, the safety of students is front of mind for many parents. But is more police in schools the answer? And what other approaches can work?

Reset explores the role that police play in some Chicago-area schools and across the country and discusses what other models are being used to ensure students stay safe.

GUESTS: Micere Keels, associate professor of comparative human development at the University of Chicago

Benjamin Feigenberg, associate professor of economics at the University of Illinois Chicago

Ling Young, youth organizer at STOP Chicago

Anna Durr, restorative justice coordinator at STOP Chicago

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