Zero Tolerance for Children: Two Wrongs Do Not Make a Right.

Sughrue, Jennifer A.

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ERIC Number: EJ674562

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Publication Date: 2003

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Zero Tolerance for Children: Two Wrongs Do Not Make a Right.

Sughrue, Jennifer A.

Educational Administration Quarterly, v39 n2 p238-58 Apr 2003

Traces zero tolerance from federal Gun-Free Schools Act of 1994 through state compliance and state board of education regulations to school district policy and guidelines in Virginia. Reviews Virginia case involving suspension of a middle-school student for having a paring knife in his locker. Reviews other zero-tolerance cases. Questions the efficacy of zero tolerance. (Contains 48 references.)(PKP)

Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, State Boards of Education, State Legislation, Student Rights, Zero Tolerance Policy

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Virginia

Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Gun Free Schools Act 1994

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