[Magdalen] School-to-prison pipeline, the ugly reality behind Spring Valley school arrest

[James Handsfield]

Zero tolerance only exists so that administrators don’t have to make difficult decisions.

“The worst form of corruption is acceptance of corruption.”  Herblock

Jim Handsfield
jhandsfield at att.net



> On Oct 30, 2015, at 7:56 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> t's outrageous, and an outgrowth of the abominable (and IMNSHO stupid)
> "zero tolerance" policies that began in the early 1990s. African-American
> students are the most affected, and amazingly, African-Amerian *female*
> students are disciplined the most harshly. I heard an NPR discussion on the
> subject while driving home today, and that latter fact amazed and appalled
> me.