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Zero Tolerance for School Violence
Is mandatory punishment in schools unfair?
. . . on Feb. 29 by another 6-year-old -- left little doubt that zero-tolerance policies will remain in force.
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Overview
On a school bus last . . . |
Education |
3/10/2000 |
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Discipline in Schools
Are zero-tolerance policies fair?
. . . discipline, the search continues for effective methods to curb classroom misconduct. Zero-tolerance policies, widely adopted during the 1990s, have led to skyrocketing suspension . . . |
Education |
2/15/2008 |
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Preventing Teen Drug Use
Is the “get-tough” approach effective?
. . . drug. Some experts say the answer is random drug testing and zero-tolerance policies in schools. Others argue that such “get-tough” techniques don't work, . . . |
Health |
3/15/2002 |
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Teen Drug Use
Do weaker drug laws encourage youths to try pot?
. . . over and high, and they honestly don't know that's a problem.”
Is “zero tolerance” an effective anti-drug approach?
“Zero tolerance” drug policies may signify inflexibility about . . . |
Health |
6/3/2011 |
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Student Rights
Have courts gone too far or not far enough?
. . . to get involved in substance abuse.”
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Krane also criticizes the zero-tolerance policies adopted in many school districts — policies that in some . . . |
Education |
6/5/2009 |
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Sexual Abuse and the Clergy
Will the Catholic priest scandal spur changes?
. . . who isn't furious about the sex-abuse scandal, in terms of the tolerance [the hierarchy] has had for intolerable behavior and the way they've . . . |
Constitutional Law and Justice |
5/3/2002 |
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Bullying
Are schools doing enough to stop the problem?
. . . bullies — or they are merely suspending or expelling the bullies.”
Under zero-tolerance programs adopted by many school systems in the mid-1990s, youngsters were . . . |
Family and Domestic Life |
2/4/2005 |
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Special Education
Do students with disabilities get the help they need?
. . . any student bringing a weapon to school.
“IDEA overrides state and federal zero-tolerance-for-firearms laws,” says Julie Lewis, an NSBA lawyer. “They contradict one another. . . . |
Education |
11/10/2000 |
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School Violence
Are American schools safe?
. . . mass murder to solve adolescent problems. Since then, schools have adopted zero-tolerance policies on threats, established hot lines for threat tips, installed metal . . . |
Family and Domestic Life |
10/9/1998 |
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Kids in Prison
Are the states too tough on young offenders?
. . . their classmates to be unnecessarily punished under new and pervasive school “zero- tolerance” policies.
Such policies punish all offenses equally severely, no matter how minor. . . . |
Constitutional Law and Justice |
4/27/2001 |
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Changing Demographics
Will the rising minority population benefit the economy?
. . . in force for 40 years. Then, reflecting the growing atmosphere of tolerance in the 1960s, Congress passed the Immigration and Nationality Act of . . . |
Government Functions |
11/16/2012 |
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Legalizing Marijuana Updated: July 21, 2010
Should pot be treated like alcohol and taxed?
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Considerable — if anecdotal — evidence can be found of police tolerance of low-level drug use. A recent Washington Post review of a . . . |
Constitutional Law and Justice |
6/12/2009 |
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Gay-Rights Update
Is the movement gaining ground?
. . . form so-called gay-straight alliance clubs. Proponents say the clubs help promote tolerance and combat harassment of gay and lesbian students; critics say they . . . |
Constitutional Law and Justice |
4/14/2000 |
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World Peacekeeping 
Do nation-states have a “Responsibility to Protect”?
. . . and other vulnerable people, and I have enacted a policy of 'zero tolerance' towards such offences that applies to all personnel engaged in United . . . |
International Relations and World Politics |
4/2007 |
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Drinking on Campus
Can colleges get it under control?
. . . such bans work, some question whether they send the right message. “Zero tolerance sounds great on paper, but it reinforces the mystique of intoxification,” . . . |
Constitutional Law and Justice |
3/20/1998 |
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Women in the Military
What role should women play in the shrinking military?
. . . summer then-Acting Navy Secretary J. Daniel Howard announced a policy of “zero tolerance” toward sexual harassment and ordered all personnel to devote a full . . . |
Defense and National Security |
9/25/1992 |
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Crisis in the Catholic Church
Can the church recover from the widening sex-abuse scandal?
. . . pope's permission — and at Ratzinger's instigation — to impose a “zero tolerance” rule against pedophile priests, which meant not just immediately notifying the . . . |
Human Rights |
1/2011 |
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Gun Violence
Are stronger measures needed to protect society?
. . . the use of metal detectors and security guards, as well as zero-tolerance policies for any student behavior deemed as even potentially violent. Many . . . |
Constitutional Law and Justice |
5/25/2007 |
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Drinking on Campus
Have efforts to reduce alcohol abuse failed?
. . . have adopted laws that set blood-alcohol concentration (BAC) levels at almost zero for drivers under 21.
In another MADD-promoted campaign, states also lowered the . . . |
Family and Domestic Life |
8/18/2006 |
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Highway Safety
Is the death rate increasing again?
. . . legal adult BAC of 0.05. Other groups and individuals seek a zero tolerance, “none for the road” standard, particularly for teenagers. In most states, . . . |
Transportation |
7/14/1995 |
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Sports and Drugs Updated: July 17, 2012
Are stronger anti-doping policies needed?
. . . to be able to compete without having to use them. A zero-tolerance policy would make that less likely.”
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* The term “doping” . . . |
Culture, Sports, and Recreation |
7/23/2004 |
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Cheating in Schools
Are high-stakes tests to blame?
. . . smaller classes taught by full professors would reduce cheating to nearly zero, he adds, “but there's been a general reluctance on the part . . . |
Education |
9/22/2000 |
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Women and Human Rights
Is the global anti-violence campaign succeeding?
. . . continue performing female genital alteration ceremonies challenges the limits of American tolerance. Footnote 8
Known as “female circumcision” by its proponents and condemned . . . |
Human Rights |
4/30/1999 |
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Europe's Immigration Turmoil
Is Europe becoming intolerant of foreigners?
. . . Western Europe, most surprisingly in two countries traditionally known for their tolerance — Sweden and the Netherlands. And while Swedish and Austrian mainstream . . . |
International Relations and World Politics |
12/2010 |
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Gun Control
Should lawmakers tighten firearm restrictions?
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But the chances of Congress banning assault weapons are close to zero, says Gottlieb of the Second Amendment Foundation. “This is not going . . . |
Law and Justice |
3/8/2013 |
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Preventing Hazing
Can tougher laws stop violent rituals?
. . . Defense secretary when the videotape surfaced, vowed to enforce a strict, “zero tolerance” hazing policy. “Abuse such as this has no place in any . . . |
Education |
2/8/2013 |
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Cyber-Crime
Should penalties be tougher?
. . . into brick-and-mortar homes and businesses, we inexplicably seem to have more tolerance for computer break-ins. Computer attacks need to be treated as the . . . |
Constitutional Law and Justice |
4/12/2002 |
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Food Safety
Are consumers adequately protected from tainted food?
. . . methods.
The department also immediately toughened inspection standards for beef carcasses, outlining “zero tolerance” procedures for visible contamination with milk, feces or undigested food. While . . . |
Health |
6/6/1993 |
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War on Drugs
Is it time to focus efforts on education and prevention?
. . . law enforcement as the main weapon against illegal drugs calls for “zero tolerance” of drug users, who today face stiffer penalties for possession of . . . |
Constitutional Law and Justice |
3/19/1993 |
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Broadcast Indecency
Should sexually provocative material be more restricted?
. . . that carried it. Finally, he said that he had begun a “zero tolerance” policy regarding indecency on any Clear Channel airwaves. Footnote 25
Hogan . . . |
Communications and the Mass Media |
4/16/2004 |
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