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Zero tolerance is bad enough, but the situation becomes even worse when the punishments in question are so harsh that students are turned into criminals. Across the country, the New York Times reported in early 2004, “schools are increasingly sending students into the juvenile justice systems for the sort of adolescent misbehavior that used to be handled by school administrators.” Apart from the devastating effects that turning children over to the police can have on their lives, the school’s climate is curdled because administrators send the message that a student who does something wrong may be taken away in handcuffs and, in effect, exiled from the community.

Quote ID: 00295

Author

Alfie Kohn

Source

Feel-Bad Education

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