Obama Administration Asks Schools to Drop Zero-Tolerance Approach
Today, the Obama administration urged teachers to end long-held no-tolerance discipline programs, which many have criticized as funneling black and hispanic students through the “school-to-prison” pipeline.
Today, the Obama administration joined the ranks of the outraged, urging teachers to end long-held no-tolerance discipline programs. According to the Associated Press, Attorney General Eric Holder said that the practice doles out punishments that hardly fit the crime:
Ordinary troublemaking can sometimes provoke responses that are overly severe, including out of school suspensions, expulsions and even referral to law enforcement and then you end up with kids that end up in police precincts instead of the principal’s office.
The administration emphasized in these recommendations that black students are given harsher punishments than white students for comparable infractions. And a spotty disciplinary record can lead to serious setbacks in adult life.
The ACLU tepidly welcomed the announcement, citing some shortcomings but lauding the move overall:
Though the guidance does not call for the elimination of law enforcement or school resource officers (SROs) in schools, it does provide important guiding principles for their proper role with respect to discipline. This includes improved training and a clear delineation of roles so that officers are not responsible for handling minor discipline.
https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/01/ending-zero-policy-discipline/356812/
Tucker is all over the failures in the FL shooting & mentioned if the policy for handling these shootings is wrong. It appears he doesn’t know what we know about the policies & procedures. Someone needs to clue him in.