{"id":170,"date":"2020-10-19T11:22:55","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T15:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-fall-2020-bberry\/?page_id=170"},"modified":"2020-12-20T20:28:11","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T01:28:11","slug":"problem","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-fall-2020-bberry\/problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\"><\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<h3><strong>Zero Tolerance Policies:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Zero tolerance policies were first implemented to respond to gun violence in schools (Aldridge, 2018) (Nance, 2016). They have since morphed to include predetermined punishments for a multitude of behavioral infractions including drug possession, tardiness, and dress-code violations (Nance, 2016). Predetermined consequences include detention, suspension, and expulsion. Zero tolerance policies disproportionately affect Black students and students with disabilities.<\/p>\n<h3>Disparities:<\/h3>\n<p>According to Sarah Aldridge&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nationally:\u00a0Compared to their white counterparts&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Black boys are <strong>3x\u00a0<\/strong>more likely to receive suspensions<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Black girls are <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem\">6x\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">more likely to receive suspensions<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Racial stereotypes are exacerbated through these policies. They play into the \u2018loud and defiant\u2019 Black girl and the \u2018overly aggressive\u2019 Black boy. Currently, Black girls are the fastest growing population in the juvenile court system (Aldridge 2018). The Black population being reprimanded overwhelming come from low-income neighborhoods and are constantly subjected to racism outside the classroom. Students who experienced just one suspension in their first year of high school have double the risk in failing an academic course (Mallet, 2016), and subsequently, a student\u2019s risk of dropping out is greatly increased if they are forced to repeat a grade level (Mallet, 2016).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div><strong>Compared to students without disabilities&#8230;<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Students with disabilities are <strong>3x<\/strong> more to receive suspensions<\/p>\n<p>The combination of race, gender, and ability dramatically increase the student\u2019s chances of being suspended.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>School Resource Officers (SROs):<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Schools have school resource officers but no counselors. School resources officers have vague job descriptions that do not specify the degree to which they are involved in student discipline. SROs have a great deal of influence in referring students to the juvenile court system. They play heavily into racial stereotypes which results in higher referrals for Black students to the juvenile court system.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Officer Resigns After Video Captures Him Throwing Special Needs Student To Ground | NBC Nightly News\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HHBCAUcdIDQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zero Tolerance Policies: Zero tolerance policies were first implemented to respond to gun violence in schools (Aldridge, 2018) (Nance, 2016). They have since morphed to include predetermined punishments for a multitude of behavioral infractions including drug possession, tardiness, and dress-code violations (Nance, 2016). Predetermined consequences include detention, suspension, and expulsion. 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