Sep 26, 2006

Discussion about whether there is a connection between zero tolerance practices and the pushout & dropout crisis. Speakers presented a history of zero tolerance, the connection between discipline and the dropout crisis, how it has been manifested in New York, and attempts at reforming zero tolerance in Texas.

• Bernardine Dohrn, Children & Family Justice Center, Northwestern School of Law
• Dan Losen, Harvard Civil Rights Project
• Hon. Dora F. Olivo, Texas House of Representatives
• Sally Lee, Teachers Unite & New York Collective of Radical Educators