Zero Tolerance

by Ayers, William

• ISBN13: 9781565846661
• ISBN10: 1565846664
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-10-01
• Publisher: New Pr

Summary

"Zero tolerance" began as a prohibition against guns, but it has quickly expanded into a frenzy of punishment and tougher disciplinary measures in American schools. Ironically -- as this timely collection makes clear -- recent research indicates that as schools adopt more zero tolerance policies they in fact become less safe, in part because the first casualties of these measures are the central, critical relationships between teacher and student and between school and community.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Sr.
Introduction: Resisting Zero Tolerance	xi
William Ayers
Rick Ayers
Bernardine Dohrn
PART ONE: NARRATIVES	1	(86)
Ground Zero	3	(12)
Gregory Michie
Two Punches, Expelled for Life	15	(16)
Rick Ayers
Arturo's Case	31	(11)
Steven Drizin
From the Jail Yard to the School Yard	42	(9)
Tony DeMarco
Racial Profiling at School: The Politics of Race and Discipline at Berkeley High	51	(13)
A. A. Akom
Decatur: A Story of Intolerance	64	(13)
Valerie Johnson
America Still Eats Her Young	77	(10)
Gloria Ladson-Billings
PART TWO: SOCIAL CONTEXTS	87	(76)
``Look Out Kid/It's Something You Did'': Zero Tolerance for Children	89	(25)
Bernardine Dohrn
How Distorted Coverage of Juvenile Crime Affects Public Policy	114	(12)
Vincent Schiraldi
Jason Ziedenberg
Zero Tolerance as Mandatory Sentencing	126	(10)
Robert Schwartz
Len Rieser
Education, Delinquency, and Incarceration	136	(7)
James Bell
Sexual Harassment Meets Zero Tolerance: Life in K-12 Schools	143	(12)
Nan Stein
Sticks and Stones: The Jailing of Mentally Ill Kids	155	(8)
Carl Ginsburg
Helen Demeranville
PART THREE: EDUCATION AND ACTIVISM	163	(102)
Zero Tolerance: A Basic Racial Report Card	165	(11)
Rebecca Gardon
Libero Della Piana
Terry Keleher
When is Disproportionality Discrimination? The Overrepresentation of Black Students in School Suspension	176	(12)
Russell Skiba
The ABCs of School Discipline: Lessons From Miami-Dade County	188	(14)
Judith A. Browne
Finding Safety Where we Least Expect It: The Role of Social Capital in Preventing School Violence	202	(17)
Pedro A. Noguera
Turning to Each Other, Not on Each Other: How School Communities Prevent Racial Bias in School Discipline	219	(11)
Susan Sandler
The Role of Law in Policing Abusive Disciplinary Practices: Why School Discipline Is a Civil Rights Issue	230	(26)
Daniel J. Losen
Christopher Edley, Jr.
Zero Tolerance: Reflections on a Failed Policy That Won't Die	256	(9)
Michelle Fine
Kersha Smith
Permissions	265