By Kyla Calvert
The California Endowment is calling on California schools to turn away from “no-tolerance” discipline policies commonly adopted after the Columbine High School shootings. They say the policies do more harm than good.
A recent national report shows students who are frequently suspended are more likely to drop out of school and that minority students are more likely to be suspended repeatedly.
In each of the last five school years between 8 and 10 percent of students in San Diego County were suspended from school. Each year fewer than half of the suspensions were for violent or drug-related behavior.
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