Beyond Bad Apples: Teacher Education for Police-Free Schools

A measured appraisal of police presence in public schools and advice for educators who teach in these systems In Beyond Bad Apples, Hannah Carson Baggett addresses the widespread presence of police in K-12 schools in the United States and provides essential guidance for educators who teach in policed environments.Baggett’s work helps fill in a glaring gap in teacher education, offering preservice and practicing teachers and administrators a set of skills, strategies, and practices that can help them navigate police-staffed schools to advocate for their students. Applying a critical eye to what is now a billion-dollar industry, Baggett gives a historical overview of policing in schools, deftly underscoring the systemic issues and policies that have invited police and school resource officers into public schools, all in the name of student safety.Calling on student and teacher voices, she demonstrates how in-school policing is harmful, including racial injustice, youth criminalization, a