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Zero tolerance policies are a direct response to discrimination claims. If you allow people to have discretion, then it will be used(and abused). Also some of
by themaninthedark 3y ago
Zero tolerance policies are a direct response to discrimination claims.
If you allow people to have discretion, then it will be used(and abused).
Also some of the stories I hear about school in the 70's and 80's make me think that the current claim that "schools were always authoritarian and used to subjugate children to turn them into compliant workers" is probably BS.
Probably current administration needs to justify it's existence and high pay by making rules.
- hughesjj 3y ago> Zero tolerance policies are a direct response to discrimination claims. Source? Because if that's true, that's the wrong implementation of a great policy (anti-discrimination). That's basically saying "well instead of having a policy of reasonable punishment for a given situation, we'd rather be as extreme in our punishment as possible so that we can still hurt kids we hate"
- themaninthedark 3y agoFrom wiki on Zero Tolerance, specifically talking about harrasment: >Various institutions have undertaken zero tolerance policies such as in the military, in the workplace, and in schools in an effort to eliminate various kinds of illegal behavior such as harassment. Proponents hope that such policies will underscore the commitment of administrators to prevent such behavior. It leaves out how when we went into these things, there was outcry over administrators covering up harassment, showing favoritism, etc. If there is a fight between 2 kids, one kid gets expelled and the other does not, this situation can seem unbalanced.