Zero tolerance : resisting the drive for punishment in our schools : a handbook for parents, students, educators, and citizens / edited by William Ayers, Bernardine Dohrn, and Rick Ayers.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ayers, William, 1944-

Dohrn, Bernardine.

Ayers, Rick.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

School discipline--Social aspects--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

School discipline.

School discipline--Political aspects--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Classroom management--Social aspects--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Classroom management.

Classroom management--Political aspects--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Classroom management--Political aspects.

Classroom management--Social aspects.

School discipline--Political aspects.

School discipline--Social aspects.

United States.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

xvi, 263 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : New Press : Distributed by W.W. Norton, 2001.

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.

Zero Tolerance assembles prominent educators and intellectuals along with students and community activists to show that the vast majority of students expelled from schools under new disciplinary measures are sent home for non-violent violations; that the rush to judge and punish disproportionately affects black and Latino children; and that the new disciplinary ethos is eroding constitutional protections of privacy, free speech, and due process. Sure to become the focus of controversy, this book presents a passionate, multifaceted argument against the militarization of our schools.

Contents:

Introduction: resisting zero tolerance / William Ayers, Rick Ayers, Bernardine Dohrn

Ground zero / Gregory Michie

Two punches, expelled for life / Rick Ayers

Arturo's case / Steven Drizin

From the jail yard to the school yard / Tony DeMarco

Racial profiling at school : the politics of race and discipline at Berkeley High / A.A. Akom

Decatur : a story of intolerance / Valerie Johnson

America still eats her young / Gloria Ladson-Billings

"Look out kid, it's something you did" : zero tolerance for children / Bernardine Dohrn

How distorted coverage of juvenile crime affects public policy / Vincent Schiraldi, Jason Ziedenberg

Zero tolerance as mandatory sentencing / Robert Schwartz, Len Rieser

Education, deliquency, and incarceration / James Bell

Sexual harassment meets zero tolerance : life in K-12 schools / Nan Stein

Sticks and stones : the jailing of mentally ill kids / Carl Ginsburg, Helen Demeranville

Zero tolerance : a basic racial report card / Rebecca Gordon, Libero Della Piana, Terry Keleher

When is disproportionality discrimination? : the overrepresentation of black students in school suspension / Russell Skiba

The ABCs of school discipline : lessons from Miami-Dade County / Judith A. Browne

Finding safety where we least expect it : the role of social capital in preventing school violence / Pedro A. Noguera

Turning to each other, not on each other : how school communities prevent racial bias in school discipline / Susan Sandler

The role of law in policing abusive disciplinary practices : why school discipline is a civil rights issue / Daniel J. Losen, Christopher Edley, Jr.

Zero tolerance : reflections on a failed policy that won't die / Michelle Fine, Kersha Smith.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1565846664

OCLC:

46634086