Monday, September 26, 2011

Jerry Large | Zero-tolerance school-discipline policies are a problem | Seattle Times Newspaper

Jerry Large | Zero-tolerance school-discipline policies are a problem | Seattle Times Newspaper:

Zero-tolerance school-discipline policies are a problem

People have a bad habit of overreacting to one problem and creating another in the process. Zero-tolerance school-discipline policies fall into that category. That's become increasingly clear in recent years, but the policies still linger in many districts.

Seattle Times staff columnist

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League of Education Voters meeting on solutions: 6:30 p.m. Oct. 18 at Kent Senior Center, 600 E. Smith St.

People have a bad habit of overreacting to one problem and creating another in the process.

Zero-tolerance school-discipline policies fall into that category. That's become increasingly clear in recent years, but the policies still linger in many districts.

The League of Education Voters (LEV) and Our American Generation (OAG) are making a push to change that in Washington state by gathering information and spreading the word about the