School To Prison Pipeline Pros And Cons

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Education is the main source to gain knowledge to begin a successful journey to life's opportunities and advantages. The true value of an education is only what the students, teachers, and administrators make of it to create a foundation for the students of today and tomorrow. Although there are values of having equal rights within a public school education, many rights have been diminished due to certain school policy rules. Relatively new public school policies such as the Zero Tolerance Policy and the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) have influenced what sociologists call a, "School to Prison Pipeline". Zero-Tolerance policies and No Child Left Behind policies are preventing children from getting a quality education that children of today deserve. School- To- Prison pipeline are policies that encourage police presence at schools, harsh tactics including physical restraints, and automatic punishments that result in suspensions and out of class time which directly affects a child’s education. President George W. Bush's signed an education-reform bill for The No Child Left Behind Act in 2001. Signed into the law on Jan. 8, 2002. The No …show more content…

A zero tolerance policy imposes automatic punishment for infractions of a stated rule, with the intention of eliminating undesirable conduct. Zero tolerance policies make punishment swift and harsh for all kinds of misbehavior by students. The "misbehavior" may be: having a weapon, such as a gun, knife or even a tool you forgot to have for class, having or using drugs or alcohol on school grounds, threatening other students or school staff with physical violence. Punishment can range from anything between detention (staying after school), to a few days suspension, or expulsion from the school to the

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