Zero Tolerance Policies

arisen with the methods used to enforce control in the classroom and on school campuses. Zero tolerance was “adopted in schools in the early 1990s as a philosophy or policy that mandated the application of predetermined consequences, most often severe and punitive in nature, that are intended to be applied regardless of the gravity of behavior, mitigating

The school to prison pipeline through zero-tolerance policies is a fairly new subject in the public education community. The introduction of these policies began in the 1980’s as a solution to counteract the ever-growing drug rise the era was having. Johanna Wald (2003) defines, ““the prison track,” and the “school- to-prison pipeline.” These phrases refer to a journey through school that is increasingly punitive and isolating for its travelers—many of whom will be placed in restrictive special education

in a school district creates a zero tolerance policy against students bringing any toxic chemicals to school. This policy makes sense in so much that toxic chemicals are potentially harmful and could endanger children. On a day when students will be outside all day, such as a sports day or field day, a student brings sunscreen to school to protect his skin from the harmful effects of UV radiation. Under the school district’s zero tolerance no toxic substance policy, the student’s teacher determines

school zero-tolerance policies are intended to eliminate behaviors deemed as intolerable, such as violence, bullying, or having a weapon. But these policies are useless and unneeded because they cannot be used until after the damage has been done. Often times the intolerable behavior becomes more prevalent when the types of policies are put into place. Evidence of just how useless the zero-tolerance policy is in instances of school shootings, such as Columbine. They definitely had a policy of not

that student to know that misbehavior is unacceptable but also shows that the school still cares about the student by keeping them on school grounds. I also believe that zero tolerance policies either need to be revised or replace with programs that allow for growth when a student misbehaves. The future of zero tolerance policies looks bleak because the history has shown that it isolates students from

“Zero-tolerance policies punish all offenses severely, no matter how minor.” One’s first impulse may be to speculate that as a result of the policy, schools are safer. There is not however, any clear statistics that the schools are indeed safer. The first step in analyzing the zero-tolerance policy is determining how effective it actually is. The overall goal of the policy is clear – safer schools. The federal zero-tolerance policy is vague which leaves much of the interpretation up to the individual

disturbance is to just get rid of it. It only makes sense that this rule be applied to humans all throughout American schools. A zero tolerance policy (ZTP) is the most direct and effortless way to dispose of unwanted students. It is only fair that the administrators issuing these legitimate sanctions have free will to dice out any retribution they deem necessary. Zero tolerance policies encourage students to learn from their mistakes and help improve their general quality of life. If a student isn’t expelled

Zero Tolerance Policies: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Schools are institutions where acquisition of knowledge is fostered in a nurturing milieu. In 1994, when Congress passed “The Gun-Free Schools Act”, also known as the “Zero Tolerance Policy” by many, it was intended to provide students and educators with a safe environment conducive to learning. Nonetheless, “the real result of these policies is not safer schools, but significant adverse effects, such as severe disruption of students’ academic

question and criticize zero tolerance policies. People are beginning to realize that zero tolerance policies (as strict as those practiced now) do not belong in universities or colleges. Students do not benefit from these policies and are often hurt by them. This happens through students being punished for minuscule acts, disproportional punishments, and the schools’ obliviousness to the plethora of other less abrasive options available. With these harsh zero tolerance policies in place stories like

“Zero-Tolerance Policy” is the leading cause of most disobedient students, the reason why most students drop out of school and the cause of insubordination among students. The Zero-Tolerance Policy is a policy that, like the name states, has zero-tolerance for anything. Anything seen as a threat or anything that sends an inappropriate message towards the community is considered bad and the student could get arrested, suspended and/or expelled. The Zero-Tolerance policy applies to any student, regardless