Category Archives: Zero Tolerance

Some Schools Are Rethinking Zero Tolerance

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Suspensionstories

From the Washington Post: Nearly two decades after a zero-tolerance culture took hold in American schools, a growing number of educators and elected leaders are scaling back discipline policies that led to lengthy suspensions and ousters for such mistakes as … Continue reading →

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Apparently Texas is Suspending and Arresting Most of Its High School Seniors…

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Suspensionstories

The following article from Youth Today is stunning: More Texas students have been suspended or expelled than have not, according to a forthcoming study of state trends on school discipline. And the margin isn’t that close. Details of the study … Continue reading →

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New Resource: School-to-Prison Pipeline Zine

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Suspensionstories

This new zine about the school-to-prison pipeline was illustrated and written by teaching artist Rachel Marie-Crane Williams. This is part of a larger collaborative initiative called the Cradle-to-Prison Pipeline Comic Arts Zine Project. This initiative brought together the Jane Addams … Continue reading →

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Is School Discipline Too Harsh?

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Suspensionstories
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An interview with author of “Lockdown High: When the School House Becomes A Jail House”

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Suspensionstories

From New America Media: Former NAM managing editor Annette Fuentes is the author of a new book, Lockdown High: When the Schoolhouse Becomes the Jail House, published by Verso. The book explores the reasons zero-tolerance policies have grown and investigates … Continue reading →

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Chicago Has a new Schools CEO and Community Groups are Pressing Him to Address Suspensions

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Suspensionstories

Journalist Rebecca Vivea features the work of local Chicago organizations who want the new Chicago Public School CEO to address the issue of suspensions and expulsions of students. From the article: A coalition of community organizations pushing for Chicago Public … Continue reading →

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Orr High School Is Pushing Students Out…

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Suspensionstories

From Catalyst Chicago: By Rebecca Harris On Monday, March 21, 2011 In High Schools In the month that Tyese Sims has been principal of Orr High, she has dropped 44 students from the rolls, she acknowledges. But one community group … Continue reading →

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5 Myths about Zero Tolerance Disciplinary Policies

Posted on March 12, 2011 by Suspensionstories

From the Washington Post: The American Psychological Association put together a task force to research the effectiveness of zero-tolerance disciplinary policies, and the panel issued a report titled, “Are Zero Tolerance Policies Effective in the Schools? An Evidentiary Review and … Continue reading →

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In NYC, Grade School Suspensions Up 76 Percent

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Suspensionstories

From the NY Daily News: Suspensions for 4- to-10-year-olds soared by 76% since Mayor Bloomberg took control of city schools, the Daily News has learned. Elementary school-age students were hit with 6,119 suspensions in the 2008-09 school year – up … Continue reading →

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‘What Kids Can Do’ Profiles Suspension Stories…

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Suspensionstories

by Barbara Cervone CHICAGO, IL—“He who opens a school door closes a prison,” Victor Hugo wrote in his 19th-century masterpiece, Les Miserables.  Yet in today’s United States, students as young as six years old are being suspended, expelled, and even … Continue reading →

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Moms Debate Zero Tolerance Policies on NPR

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Suspensionstories

You can listen to the story here. The recent suicide of a student in suburban Washington, D.C., after being suspended from school has sparked a fierce debate on disciplinary policies. Angry parents say “zero tolerance” rules are too harsh on … Continue reading →

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Schools That Punish Young Men For Being Allies to Young Women Are Misguided and Wrong

Posted on February 28, 2011 by Suspensionstories

By Mariame Kaba (cross-posted at Chicago Taskforce on Violence against Girls Blog) I was stunned to read about the case of a high school senior in Mississippi who was suspended and sent to an alternative school for 5 weeks for writing … Continue reading →

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