{"id":150,"date":"2016-04-23T23:10:19","date_gmt":"2016-04-23T23:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/826boston.org\/redesign\/?p=150"},"modified":"2017-03-15T15:22:29","modified_gmt":"2017-03-15T15:22:29","slug":"nicole-maria-pena","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/826boston.org\/redesign\/nicole-maria-pena\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicole Mar\u00eda Pe\u00f1a"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Nicole Mar\u00eda Pe\u00f1a<\/strong><\/p>\n

During the 2011-2012 school year, American students lost almost 18 million days of school due to suspensions.[1]<\/a><\/sup><\/sup> This is just one of the countless disadvantages placed upon students when penalized by school-mandated protocols such as the zero-tolerance policy. This policy mandates punishment against students for offenses made, regardless the seriousness of the behavior. These offenses may include possession of a weapon, arguing with a student, or even talking back to the teacher. Despite these policies and the level of severity, one should realize that no one should be deprived of their education because of their wrongdoings.<\/p>\n

Not only does this place a person into a category within society, it then becomes more probable for that person to become suspended or punished again. This type of punishment was enforced to \u201crepair\u201d or \u201ccorrect\u201d these wrongdoings. Instead, all it’s doing is causing disengagement. In the Harvard Journal of Hispanic Policy, it is explained how research shows that these policies have failed to make schools safer and that they \u00a8have been linked to an increased likelihood of academic underperformance as well as increased suspension, expulsion and elevated dropout rates.\u00a8[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n

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