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AlterNet / By Gara LaMarche

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Zero-Tolerance Education Policies Are Destroying Young People's Lives

All too often, the debate about school reform has wrongly emphasized pushing troubled children out of school, rather than making systemic improvements.

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Note: A version of this post first appeared in the April 6, 2011 edition of Education Week.

Gara LaMarche is president and CEO of the Atlantic Philanthropies.

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