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  • Zero-tolerance policies started in the 1980s as part of a federal mandate regarding weapons at school.

    Why school zero tolerance policies make no sense 2011

  • Zero-tolerance policies are not the same everywhere, and there is no single definition for them.

    5 Myths about zero-tolerance disciplinary policies 2011

  • Zero-tolerance on everything: noise, racism, sheer bloody rudeness, corruption at any level.

    Life, Death and Taxes. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009

  • Zero-tolerance policies have been popular for years in school districts around the country, often instituted on a set of assumptions that research shows are not true.

    5 Myths about zero-tolerance disciplinary policies 2011

  • Zero-tolerance policing, better integration by smashing up the ghettoes, traditional teaching methods enforced by strong discipline (bring back the grammar school and apprenticeships) high expectations by teachers of their black students, and an end to politically correct and victimisation cultures.

    British Racists Must Be Condemned Newmania 2007

  • Zero-tolerance policies abound within school systems that rob teachers and principals of the ability to apply common sense solutions to problems, and in the process, supply examples of such to the students.

    American Coastopia! 2004

  • "Zero-tolerance policies abound within school systems that rob teachers and principals of the ability to apply common sense solutions to problems, and in the process, supply examples of such to the students."

    American Coastopia! 2004

  • Zero-tolerance standards for carcinogens and all-or-nothing regulation for species preservation prevent rational economic policy from being formulated in these areas.

    Markets and Majorities Steven M. Sheffrin 1993

  • Researchers looked at 1,945 adolescents in Washington state and Australia and compared two approaches to underage drinking: Zero-tolerance attitudes and "harm minimization."

    Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Local News 2011

  • Zero-tolerance for all drugs, including marijuana currently tolerated under Dutch law

    Forbes.com: News Abigail R. Esman 2012

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