Zero Tolerance

Nanny State

Anti-Zero Tolerance Law Proposed in Maryland

So kids don't get suspended for saying bang-bang in a playground

Reason Staff | 3.12.2013 1:24 PM

Policy

The TSA vs. Public Schools: Whose Safety Rules Are Dumber?

Jacob Sullum | 3.6.2013 6:37 PM

Civil Liberties

Brickbat: What Is Your Major Malfunction, Numbnuts?

Charles Oliver | 3.6.2013 6:30 AM

Civil Liberties

School Offers Counseling to Kids "Troubled" by Gun-Shaped Pastry

How considerate of them.

Jesse Walker | 3.5.2013 9:46 AM

Nanny State

Brickbat: Neutering the Sheepdogs

Charles Oliver | 3.4.2013 6:00 AM

Policy

Pop-Tart Pistol?: 7-Year-Old Gets Suspended for Gun-Shaped Pastry

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 3.1.2013 3:36 PM

Civil Liberties

Brickbat: In the Back of the Bus

Charles Oliver | 2.18.2013 7:30 AM

Civil Liberties

Brickbat: Picture This

Charles Oliver | 2.14.2013 7:30 AM

Civil Liberties

Brickbat: Let Go of My Lego

Reason Staff | 2.7.2013 6:00 AM

Policy

Seven-Year-Old Suspended for Imaginary Grenade

School administrators aren't pretending; they're really idiots

Reason Staff | 2.5.2013 5:00 PM

Civil Liberties

Brickbat: Better Safe Than Sorry

Charles Oliver | 2.5.2013 6:00 AM

Policy

School May Punish Boy for Building Gun Out of Legos

But Lego swords fall apart too easily!

Reason Staff | 1.30.2013 4:20 PM

Nanny State

Brickbat: Don't Take Your Guns to School

Charles Oliver | 1.25.2013 6:00 AM

Nanny State

Don't Take Your Guns to School

Charles Oliver | 1.25.2013 6:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Brickbat: Tiny Bubbles

Charles Oliver | 1.22.2013 7:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Tiny Bubbles

Charles Oliver | 1.22.2013 7:00 AM

Policy

Mississippi Students Arrested for 'Crimes' Including Flatulence, Dress-Code Violations

At least they're learning what it's like to be a modern American

Reason Staff | 1.17.2013 4:10 PM

Policy

Brickbat: No Empathy

Charles Oliver | 1.9.2013 6:00 AM

Civil Liberties

No Empathy

Charles Oliver | 1.9.2013 6:00 AM

Policy

12-Year-Old Girl Punished for Hugging Classmate

There's a special place in Hell for school administrators

Reason Staff | 11.1.2012 3:32 PM

Civil Liberties

Pocket Knife Leads to House Arrest for Student

A felony charge? Really?

Reason Staff | 8.30.2012 12:12 PM

Politics

Years of Absurd Outcomes (and Maybe Real Competition?) Prompt Reconsideration of "Zero Tolerance" School Policies

Scott Shackford | 5.23.2012 1:32 PM

Local Government

Brickbats

Charles Oliver | 8.21.2011 6:31 PM

Policy

A Pocketknife Earns Expulsion but Not a Felony Conviction

Jacob Sullum | 7.20.2011 12:51 PM

Military

Brickbats

Charles Oliver | 5.23.2011 7:23 AM

Politics

Secret Service Interrogates 13-Year-old for Warning President Obama About Suicide Bombers

Matt Welch | 5.19.2011 10:08 AM

Police Abuse

Brickbats

Charles Oliver | 4.24.2011 10:00 AM

Government failure

Brickbats

Charles Oliver | 3.19.2011 9:25 AM

Policy

Chivalry Is Dead Was Murdered by Zero Tolerance

Radley Balko | 3.4.2011 1:49 PM

Policy

In Case Your School Isn't Zero-Intolerant Enough

Matt Welch | 2.22.2011 4:00 PM

Government Waste

Brickbats

Charles Oliver | 2.17.2011 5:44 PM