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

[Jay Weigel]

Exactly, Jim, and as my late ex was won't to say, "Zero tolerance usually
means zero sense."

On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 10:10 AM, James Handsfield <jhandsfield at att.net>
wrote:

> 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.
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>