Wednesday

Six Year Olds in Handcuffs?

This interesting piece describes the retrenchment in some school's zero-tolerance policies.

"When schools began greatly expanding zero-tolerance policies against student misbehavior after the shootings at Columbine High School in 1999, few expected to see kids as young as 6 handcuffed and removed from school for throwing a temper tantrum or playing with squirt guns."

It's about time we recognized that school discipline is a school issue, not a criminal justice issue.

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