Zero-Tolerance

Zero-Tolerance Watch It's not polite to point, but this is ridiculous.

The Step-Dance Kerfuffle James Taranto 2010

Zero-Tolerance Watch It's not polite to point, but this is ridiculous.

The Step-Dance Kerfuffle James Taranto 2010

Zero-Tolerance Watch Some kids got into a fight at East Shore Middle School in Milford, Conn., and it got ugly: One child was taken to the hospital with a groin injury.

Violence, Not Violins 2009

Another HUGELY enjoyable book for people who love grammar and language is “Eats, Shoots, and Leaves: The Zero-Tolerance Approach to Punctuation,” by Lynne Truss.

Shouldn’t computer be thrown out in primary grades and literacy taught.? « Teaching Literacy « Literacy Help « Literacy News 2009

Zero-Tolerance Watch Some girls at Wyoming's Laramie Junior High started a food fight the other day.

More 'Accountability Journalism' 2008

Zero-Tolerance Watch Fifteen-year-old Amanda Rouse of Seaside, Calif., had a scary moment on the school bus the other day.

Obama and His 'White Grandmother' 2008

Zero-Tolerance Watch A prank at Zion-Benton High School in northeastern Illinois got a group of seniors in hot water, reports the Waukegan News Sun:

The Daily Mirror 2008

Zero-Tolerance Watch A pair of high school students from suburban Minneapolis were expelled from school for possessing "souvenir swords" -- nearly 4,000 miles from school grounds!

Real-Life Robocop 2008

Zero-Tolerance Watch A group of students at Texas '

You Wouldn't Understand 2008

Zero-Tolerance Watch Eight-year-old Jaiden Haber, a second-grader at Northwest Elementary School in Amityville, N.Y., "was sent to the principal's office -- not for bad behavior, but for her T-shirt's slogan," Newsday reports:

Name Change We Can Believe In 2008