Violence and the Schools

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This paper explains that the highly publicized school violence, such as the shootings at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999, in Littleton, USA, have made many parents anxious about the safety of their children while in school. The author points out that this has resulted in the zero tolerance policy in Toronto schools as promised by the Ontario government before passing the Safe Schools Act in 2000. The paper states that, in order to assess this policy, citizens need to know exactly what is meant by zero tolerance.

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"Highly publicized school violence, such as the shootings at Columbine High School on April 20th, 1999 in Littleton, USA, have made many parents anxious about the safety of their children while in school. One result of this is the zero tolerance policy in Toronto schools. The Ontario government promised zero tolerance before passing the Safe Schools Act in 2000. In order to assess this policy, we need to know exactly what we mean by zero tolerance. A recent research study found that the majority of respondents defined zero tolerance as "marking out clear lines for acceptable behavior, along with repercussions for violating the limits" (Gabor, 1995)."

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