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

[Jay Weigel]

And per my above post, Damn You, Autocorrect!

On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 10:15 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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