Zero tolerance

==Background==
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Under the guise of protecting and controlling young people, school officials have adopted draconian zero tolerance policies, which punish all offenses severely, no matter how minor. In fact, under the present system of mandatory punishment, an elementary school student is punished in the same way that an adult high school senior is punished. And a student who actually intends to harm others is treated the same as one who breaks the rules accidentally. Students are labeled as "drug dealers" and "weapon wielders" due to purely accidental circumstances and are punished for actions that hardly qualify as transgressions of the rules, let alone dangerous crimes. 
==Links==
===Media===
* Ravensthal will not reverse police promotions - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review -- She said her group would work with Ravenstahl to develop a 'zero tolerance' policy on domestic violence that would 'allow similar situations to be avoided in the future.' from June 2007.