Tennessee School Expels 10-Year-Old for Making a Finger Gun
The fifth-grader was punished as part of a law that requires students who make threats of "mass violence" be expelled for at least a year.
The fifth-grader was punished as part of a law that requires students who make threats of "mass violence" be expelled for at least a year.
Ka’Mauri Harrison is accused of bringing a BB gun to school. But he never left his house.
"They’re applying on-campus rules to these children, even though they’re learning virtually in their own homes."
Isaiah Elliott also received a five-day suspension, but plans to transfer.
"Our findings suggest that increasing SRO staffing in schools does not improve school safety and that increasing exclusionary responses to school discipline incidents increases the criminalization of school discipline."
Plus a round-up of zero-tolerance corona crackdowns
"I was, at the time, very scared."
The little girl said, "I shoot you," but her mother says she didn't understand what she was saying.
"The safety of our children in school is paramount, today more than ever," said the police chief.
The principal calls it "very, very serious" wrongdoing.
The president, unlike his subordinates, admits that family separation was a deliberate policy aimed at deterring illegal border crossing.
We don't even know exactly how many.
The agency originally denied the crash had occurred. Later, they acknowledged the incident but called it a "fender bender."
He seems to be backing away from criminally prosecuting all unauthorized border crosses
The administration says it will continue its "zero tolerance" approach to illegal immigration.
Ripping kids from migrant parents is both lawless and cruel.
In the name of punishing minor border violations, his administration has become lawless
Your childhood is illegal now.
Parkland survivor and pro-gun activist Kyle Kashuv was also punished.
Mike Chitwood arrests 11-year-olds and then complains that officials aren't calling them more.
On another National School Walkout day, 57 percent of teens are worried about dying in a school shooting. They shouldn't be.
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos might rescind Obama-era guidance on school discipline.
Rick Scott isn't blazing new ground here.
No adults seem embarrassed by this reaction. They should be.
Administrators didn't respond, so she turned to a recording device to get evidence. Now she faces jail.
"Any social media threat will be taken seriously," even when it's not serious.
Zero tolerance for little girl pretending to be a princess's guard.
Zero tolerance for playtime
Trump's Supreme Court pick isn't a fan of stupid teen arrests.
Federal funding, zero tolerance, and lack of choice encourage the creeping criminalization of student misbehavior.
Is Coldwater Community Schools trying to teach kids never to report weapons to their teachers and counselors?
Political correctness in the classroom leads to insane disciplinary policies.
The school already gave him a 10-day suspension.
Why did teachers go nuclear in response to poorly timed pastry playacting?
Using collected data, the state identified schools heavily prone to expelling and suspending students.
These laws also disproportionately impact minority students.
Harmless toy was "Frozen" themed.
She did nothing wrong. But even if she had, a chicken nugget scam is not a matter for the cops.
"I regret it because I didn't know it would lead to this."
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