mooseandcoffee
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Studies have shown that students of color are punished disproportionately for "zero tolerance" policies....especially for breaking the foggier types of rules such as "disrespect."I am not aware of any studies correlating schools that have had zero tolerance with increased school safety. I have also not heard of any mass shootings in schools that had implemented zero tolerance. I might adjust my opinion if there is evidence of injuries or deaths by weapons, despite a zero tolerance policy.
My opinion favoring zero tolerance related to school safety only addresses one matter: preventing kids from being killed by weapons in school. It is a stop-gap action while they work towards finding and fixing the root causes.
Sadly, desperate times can require desperate measures.
jmo
However, it looks as though the majority of school shootings such as the one that took place in Michigan were perpetrated by white students. That doesn't mean that zero tolerance won't prevent some, but it seems to hurt kids who aren't doing the majority of the crimes.
Mass shootings by shooter’s race in the U.S. 2021 | Statista