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

Gara LaMarche, AlterNet. April 13, 2011.

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

The Stupidity of

The Stupidity of "Zero-Tolerance": 6-Year-Old Suspended For Bringing Food Utensil to School

Allison Kilkenny, True/Slant. October 12, 2009.

What can this teach us about U.S. foreign policy? Quite a lot, actually.

Restoring Classroom Justice

Lewis Wallace, In These Times. September 11, 2007.

A growing movement for restorative justice in schools is replacing failed "zero tolerance" policies that require students to be suspended or expelled for certain violations.

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