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Direct linkBlack, Susan – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2004
In this article, the author discusses the effects of zero-tolerance policies in schools and depicts how the policies no longer make schools safe, even though many educators see them as the backbone of school discipline. A 2000 study by the American Educational Research Association (AERA) confirms that stringent zero-tolerance policies, though…
Descriptors: Zero Tolerance Policy, Discipline, Minority Groups, Board of Education Policy
