Warren Hicks

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Some of the blame for this phenomenon can be placed on so-called “zero-tolerance” policies that many schools have adopted. According to the American Civil Liberties Union: Lacking resources, facing incentives to push out low-performing students, and responding to a handful of highly-publicized school shootings, schools have embraced zero-tolerance policies that automatically impose severe punishment regardless of circumstances. Under these policies, students have been expelled for bringing nail clippers or scissors to school.
America's Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America
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