Zero Tolerance has been an issue that many schools have been dealing with for many years. It had been an issue that has been tossed around and debated on whether if it should be acted on in schools or not all over the country. Zero Tolerance eliminates any slack for troublemakers and creates students that break the rules to receive a full and just punishment. But the question that many schools are having trouble answering is, Is the punishment just or not? Many of the opinions on the subject are going to be split because of the variety of people that are effected by it. Most students might not like it because it is a faster way of getting them in trouble or punished. Teachers and Faculty members might love it because it gets all the troublemakers out of their schools. Parents will also like it because it will make them feel like their children are safer when they go to school. But Zero Tolerance allows no room for question what so ever and this creates problems for the cases in which the kids are innocent. In today's society it is not unlikely for someone to be framed at a school or anywhere for that matter. There are cases where people are framed every day, and never actually commit the crime they were being punished for but receive the ultimate punishment. There are good people in this world who simply just make stupid mistakes and receive the cruel punishments of Zero Tolerance without any chance of getting better. When people receive this type of punishment they feel pushed away and neglected and have a tendency to look to the streets and getting into more disturbing things. Zero Tolerance should look as these cases and develop a program that gives second chances and create a helping atmosphere for the kids that need it most. Zero Tolerance should be taken out of school permanently because it doesn't protect kids when they are framed, allows no slack for people when they make stupid mistakes, and makes people worse off then they already are.
The line that zero tolerance crosses is one of intent. ... So how did zero tolerance laws come about? ... Their right to all three are jeapordized and sometimes completely taken away with zero tolerance. ... Zero tolerance is truly destroying the lives of children all across the country. ... Zero tolerance policies must be stopped because they are simpl...
Since 1994, schools throughout America have expanded zero tolerance policies with the stated purpose of maintaining safe learning environments. ... This era, known as the War on Drugs, introduced zero-tolerance policies as a measure of combating this crime wave that so many feared. ... Many schools began to adopt zero-tolerance policies as a means of creating a safer school environment. By 1993, zero tolerance policies made their way into schools across the United States (Skiba & Peterson, 1999). ... In a review of zero tolerance related suspensions, Force (2008) describes a number of cases ...
The words Zero tolerance did not appear in the "Federal Gun-Free Schools Act of 1994". ... Cross, (2001) goes as far to say that zero tolerance is racial profiling. If the American ideal is related to fairness and equity, then zero tolerance is missing the mark. ... Zero tolerance and the "No child left behind- policy are not compatible. ... Further, zero tolerance policy blames the victim. ...
Zero Tolerance For Violence In School Introduction Due to the ever-growing problem of violence in schools many school boards throughout North America have decided to apply a zero tolerance rule for violent behavior. ... Zero tolerance does not allow teens to act like teens but more like adults. ... Zero tolerance allows for no leeway in schools. ... Arguments For Zero Tolerance On the other hand many people believe that zero tolerance in schools is a good thing and that it keeps our schools safer from violence. ... The one thing the zero tolerance policy is missing is common sense. ...
Zero Tolerance Zero Tolerance is a term generally associated with strict monitoring. ... Using expressions like zero tolerance only makes the debates about responses to drug problems more confusing. ... Zero Tolerance Zero Tolerance has been successfully used by punishing the person caught doing a wrong thing by either putting them in jail, giving them a fine or by other reasons. ... Premier Carr referred to this as "zero tolerance" on knives. ... While there has been no overt "adoption" of the zero tolerance policing across the board, there has been use of the zero tolerance eloque...
Zero Tolerance Zero-tolerance policies used in public schools across the United States have been in affect for years now, and have failed to produce the intended results. ... The director of the project, Professor Russell Skiba, said, "Zero tolerance is a political response, not an educationally sound solution," (Petracca). ... "Zero tolerance" for weapons has become the standard procedure in our schools (Stolinsky). Ninety-one percent of public schools have adopted zero-tolerance policies for bringing a weapon to school (Cauchon 23). ... They say school administrators are undermining th...
Zero tolerance incorporates no such standards"(Ayers). ... Nov. 1999 " Have we gone Over board with the Zero tolerance?" ... "Zero-tolerance policies lack Flexibility." ... "Rethinking Zero tolerance" Newsweek 12 Feb. 2001: p46,2p,1c. "Zero Tolerance: The sound And The Fury." ...
This statistic was successfully achieved by introducing the "Zero Tolerance-Policing" on the act of mayor Rudolph Guiliani in 1993. ... (Goff 121) The Zero Tolerance-policing has many key characteristics. ... Take New York as an example, they implemented the Zero Tolerance-policing to every community within New York. ... The Community policing model can also be combined with the Zero Tolerance-policing model. ... The Zero Tolerance-policing model has proved very beneficial throughout several communities. ...
The zero tolerance policy was formed for this sole reason: to create a safer learning environment for all in the United States. ... The zero tolerance policy has been implemented in every state in the nation with each state carrying slight alterations on the policy. ... In fact, the zero tolerance policy has already started to show impressive results. ... Not only that, but schools are reporting positive results from the use of the zero tolerance policy. ... These are only a few of the success stories from schools who have started using the zero tolerance policy. ...
