Zero Tolerance
News Articles & Studies
- School Safety
& Youth Violence: A Legal Primer
by Kirk A. Bailey, J.D. and Catherine
J. Ross, Ph.D., J.D. - Student arrests
test rules of a post Columbine world, Christian Science Monitor, February
3, 2005.
- The Children Left Behind: How Zero Tolerance Impacts Our Most Vulnerable
Youth, by Ruth Zweifler and student Julia DeBeers, Michigan Journal of Race
and Law, Volume 8:191, Fall 2002.
- Interpretations
of 'Zero Tolerance' Vary, Education Week, April 10, 2002
- The
failure of Zero Tolerance: A nationwide crackdown on students has resulted
in disproportionate punishments and racial profiling, Salon.com, August
21, 2001.
- Deadly
Consequences: "Zero tolerance" policies to stop youth violence may actually
make schools less safe, an expert says, Salon.com, March 9, 2001.
- Principals'
Perspective on Zero Tolerance: A Win-Lose Policy, National Association
of Elementary School Principals, January 26, 2000.
- Zero Tolerance Policies
Lack Flexibility, By Dennis Cauchon, USA TODAY, April 13, 1999.
