Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Zero-Tolerance Policies in Schools (Student Choice)

After reading the article from Dr. Spivey on zero-tolerance policies in school, I decided to do some further reading.  I can across a website (www.suspensionstories.com) that is dedicated to the reform of zero-tolerance policies in schools in order to stop the "school to prison pipeline."
Quote:  "Suspension Stories is a youth-led participatory action research project to understand the school to prison pipeline."
On their website they have a section entitled "Brain-Dead" and it lists suspensions of students where the situation for suspension is questionable (or ridiculous) by their standards.  I would be interested to hear the opinions of others on some of these cases.  Below are some links I found interesting.  Please feel free to comment :)

Main Website:  www.suspensionstories.com
Links below are copied from the website...
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5th grade student suspended over nasal spray
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7th grader facing 180 day suspension for yawning and accidentally touching a teacher
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Student Handcuffed and Arrested from School for Burping. Here is another article about this case.
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Students Suspended for Singing in Cafeteria
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9 year old suspended from school for sexual harassment after calling teacher cute
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12 year old boy suspended over bringing an inhaler to school
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Special-ed student Joseph Anderson, 7, handcuffed by cops at Queens school after Easter egg tantrum
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Student Arrested Over Spilled Milk
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Kindergartner Gets Suspended for Crying
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11 Year Old Arrested For Drawing a Violent Stick Figure At School
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In Fairfax Schools, Acne Drugs Can Get You Suspended.
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Student suspended for politely holding the door open for someone else
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In Mississippi if you post a rap song to your Facebook Page (not on school time), you may spend 5 weeks at an alternative school.

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