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5 Myths about zero-tolerance discplinary policies
- 03-11-2011
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Blog by Valerie Strauss/Washington Post
Zero-tolerance policies have been popular for years in school districts around the country, often instituted on a set of assumptions that research shows are not true. My colleague Donna St. George has chronicled two cases in Fairfax County, the latest a girl forced out of her public school because she had prescription acne medicine in her locker, which underscore the problems with such policies. The earlier case involved a 15-year-old football player who wound up taking his own life after the fallout of an infraction. And St. George reported that there are a number of other cases in which parents questioned the penalty of their child’s actions, calling it unduly harsh. The Fairfax School Board is planning to start a review of the system’s discipline policies Monday. (more...)
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