Well, not quite. There IS only one good thing about zero tolerance. Students and parents alike are starting to wake up about exercising their Constitutional rights. It's a heck of a way to get an education, since rights are not taught...nor honored..in school.
Long-term, students who were victimized by these policies will one day grow up to sit on school boards, run for elective office, become doctors and lawyers, serve in the military or the police force, and make life an absolute living hell for those who perpetuated this horrible system of injustice on them.
I've heard more than one victim say they would homeschool their own children. Zero tolerance will eventually serve the cause of freedom, the more it grows, the more victims, the more students will not be attending their public indoctrination centers and the whole system will eventually collapse.
Parents whose children have been unfairly punished have put up websites to educate the public.
http://www.endzerotolerance.com
http://www.savebrian.org
http://totallyunjust.hypermart.net
We're fighting back.