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Posted By richards on July 26, 2017

VENTNOR Kerrin Wolf will discuss the school to prison pipeline as part of the second Salute to Stockton speaker series 7 p.m. July 28, at Shirat Hayam Synagogue, 700 Swarthmore Ave.

An assistant professor of law in Stockton Universitys School of Business, Wolf will discuss the treatment of at-risk youth by the education and justice systems that can push young people out of school and into prison.

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Research indicates that, while harsh punishments for misbehaving students were intended to make schools safer by deterring future misbehavior, such punishments had deleterious effects on students, including making some more prone to anti-social behavior, Wolf said.

His presentation will also review some schools efforts to end the school-to-prison pipeline by moving away from punitive disciplinary practices and instead approaching student misbehavior from a therapeutic perspective.

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The program, held as part of Sabbath services, is open to the public and will include a question-answer session following the presentations.

On Friday, Aug. 11 Beverly Vaughn, professor of Music, will host the finale of the series with a program titled: "Timeless Songs of Courage and Hope from Slavery: Our community sings together.

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This program will feature several songs and melodies from slavery which helped to provide a much needed source of personal expression and endurance during the painful experience of slavery, Vaughn said.

Yet, in spite of these experiences, one is surprised time after time by the hope and resilience of the words and melodies found in so many examples of this literature. This evening's program which examine these songs in the light of such resiliency and, by so doing, hopefully gain inspiration and courage as we forge into the future.

Rabbi Gordon Geller, a longtime Stockton faculty member in Stocktons School of General Studies, said the talks are always a summer cultural highlight for the congregation and community. Shirat Hayam, which translates as Song of the Sea, was formed when the congregations of Temple Emeth Shalom and Beth Judah merged last year.

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