violence is more prevalent than it actually is.1 Many schools have adopted "zero tolerance" policies which require mandatory consequences‚ often suspensions and expulsions for certain infractions despite the actual severity or threat to safety of the behaviors.2 The implementation of such policies suggested that schools would become safer and the needs of all students would be better served. The proliferation of zero tolerance and related policies that resulted in what is sometimes referred to as "school
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Zero Tolerance Being able to provide a safe environment for students has been a priority since school zones have become a war zone. It only took one gun shot fired at a school to cause mayhem across the country. Since this occurrence school safety has been a concern the entire educational community share. Zero tolerance is as much as an issue with people outside of school as well as the people inside. Opinions vary whether one is against this policy or not‚ especially psychologists and regular people
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1990’s students have been protected under the Zero Tolerance Policy that every school has adopted. In Henry Giroux’s book Education and the Crisis of Public Values‚ he discusses the disadvantages of this policy. According to Girox “”Zero Tolerance” does little more than legitimate the mindless punishment of poor whites and students of color by criminalizing behavior as trivial as violating a dress code” (Girox‚ 2015). The initial reason zero tolerance was brought up was to stop school shootings from
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The zero tolerance policy strives to reduce violence in schools and make schools a safer place for students. Anne Atkinson‚ a member of the Virginia Board of Education defines zero tolerance as a “policy that mandates predetermined consequences or punishments for specified offenses.” The policy first became effective in 1989‚ but grew most rapidly in 1994 when the Gun- Free Schools Act was passed (1). There are many controversies about the zero tolerance policy including whether or not the policy
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The Zero Tolerance Policy ensures the safety of children‚ teachers and administration by creating punishments like detention or suspension for students that may have a weapon‚ such as a gun or knife‚ on school grounds; using drugs or alcohol on school grounds; as well as threatening other students or school staff with physical violence. The zero tolerance policy is now a policy most schools strictly follow. The zero tolerance policy is harsh on children. Administrations
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my second article online through “Educational Leadership” online titled Safety Without Suspensions. Skiba‚ R.‚ & Sprague‚ J. (n.d.). Safety without Suspensions. Educational Leadership‚ 38-43. doi:September 2008 2. The researchers highlight the zero tolerance policies that were laid out in the 1990s to create a safer school environment. These policies then led to an increased amount of suspensions and expulsions in school which were often racially lopsided. 3. The purpose of this study was to show
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department you need to enforce a policing style that reflects you ‘all as an organization. There are three main strategies that police use when enforcing laws Zero-Tolerance police‚ community policing and problem-oriented policing. In New York‚ Police Commissioner William Bratton and Mayor Rudolph instituted Zero- Tolerance policing in 1993. Zero-Tolerance
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Zero Tolerance for College Students Gladwell stated in‚ “No Mercy” (2006)‚ “this is the age of zero tolerance.” Zero tolerance policies‚ which are regulations for specific issues such as weapons‚ drugs‚ cheating and alcohol‚ are adopted by many schools and workplaces today. According to a government study‚ more than three quarters of the schools in America use zero policy to restrict students from misconduct. However‚ statistics show that there is no evidence proving that bad behaviors get deterred
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The zero tolerance policy has been getting more and more heat from media and parents alike within the last couple of years. For children being sent home because of their hairstyles‚ or because they simply don’t have any hair at all‚ such as the little girl who shaved her head in support of her best friend going through chemotherapy. Although these things are understandable within the stance of following rules and the student code of conduct‚ is it really that important enough to deny a child their
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part of his life and the boy may never be successful because of this one mistake he made while he was too young to truly understand what he did wrong. What is so bad about that fun little tool? Nothing would be bad‚ if the zero tolerance policy wasn’t in place. The zero tolerance policy states that any weapon or drug in the school will be removed and the student will be expelled for one year. Knives forgotten in pockets or even a screwdriver are considered weapons. Passing out a Tylenol to a friend
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