Questions and Answers
True or false:All states in the US had compulsory public school attendance laws by 1918.
True
True or false: Corporal punishment is no longer used in schools.
False
True or false: Zero tolerance policies were implemented as a response to concerns about school violence after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
False
True or false: Zero tolerance policies have resulted in equal discipline for all students regardless of race or special education status.
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True or false: The Safe Schools Act of 1994 has been proven to make schools safer by funding in-school police forces.
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True or false: In the 2009-2010 academic year, over 200,000 students were referred to juvenile court by school officials.
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True or false: Black students are less likely to be referred to law enforcement or arrested in school.
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True or false: Punitive school environments have made schools more cohesive and improved learning outcomes.
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True or false: Strict discipline protocols have not contributed to the school-to-prison pipeline.
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True or false: Zero tolerance policies are still universally used in all school districts in the US.
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True or false: The book "Delinquency, 1e" was published by SAGE Publishing in 2018.
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True or false: The assignment requires answering 4 questions about zero-tolerance policies and 1 question about SRO usage in the home state.
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Study Notes
- Schools were voluntary during colonial times, but by 1918, all states had compulsory public school attendance laws.
- Corporal punishment was used in schools before the shift to suspensions and expulsions.
- Zero tolerance policies were implemented in response to concerns about school violence, particularly after the Columbine High School shooting in 1999.
- Zero tolerance policies led to disproportionate discipline for minority and special education students.
- The Safe Schools Act of 1994 promoted and funded partnerships for in-school police forces, but there is a lack of evidence that this makes schools safer.
- In the 2009-2010 academic year, 96,000 students were arrested while on school grounds and 242,000 were referred to juvenile court by school officials.
- Black students are more likely to be referred to law enforcement or arrested in school.
- Punitive school environments have counterintuitively made schools less cohesive and learning more difficult.
- Strict discipline protocols can quickly escalate to school removal and exclusions, creating the school-to-prison pipeline.
- Some school districts and policymakers have moved away from the zero tolerance approach in recent years.
- Assignment is about current status of zero-tolerance policies and SROs in home state
- 5 questions need to be answered
- Question 1 asks for home state/town name
- Question 2 asks about current zero-tolerance policies in schools
- Question 3 asks if new legislation is being considered
- Question 4 asks about racial disparities in zero-tolerance policy use
- Question 5 asks about SRO usage in home state
- The text is from a book called "Delinquency, 1e"
- The book is published by SAGE Publishing in 2019
- No other information is provided.
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