"Zero tolerance" began as a prohibition against guns, but it has
quickly expanded into a frenzy of punishment and tougher
disciplinary measures in American schools. Ironically, as this
timely collection makes clear, recent research indicates that as
schools adopt more zero tolerance policies they in fact become less
safe, in part because the first casualties of these measures are
the central, critical relationships between teacher and student and
between school and community.
Zero Tolerance assembles prominent educators and intellectuals,
including the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., Michelle Fine, and
Patricia Williams, along with teachers, students, and community
activists, to show that the vast majority of students expelled from
schools under new disciplinary measures are sent home for
nonviolent violations; that the rush to judge and punish
disproportionately affects black and Latino children; and that the
new disciplinary ethos is eroding constitutional protections of
privacy, free speech, and due process. Sure to become the focus of
controversy, Zero Tolerance presents a passionate, multifaceted
argument against the militarization of our schools.
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