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Race-Ethnicity, Social Class, and Zero-Tolerance Policies

The Cultural and Structural Wars

National Education Association

Although school crime and violence have declined during the past 5 years, problems still exist. Consequently, educators have taken many steps toward making schools safer. One such step has been the development and implementation of zero-tolerance policies. Unfortunately, such policies have created more problems thanthey have resolved. Inaddition, these policies raise serious questions about race/ethnicity and social class in American public schools, especially in urban schools where zero-tolerance policy sanctions are more likely to be applied to ethnic/racial minority and poor students. The purpose of this article is to examine the implications zero-tolerance policies have in public schools, especially on race/ethnicity and social class relations. The author concludes with a set of recommendations for developing sound zero-tolerance policies.

Education and Urban Society, Vol. 35, No. 1, 50-75 (2002)
DOI: 10.1177/001312402237214


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