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Zero tolerance discipline policies won't fix school shootings

  • Written by Derek W. Black, Professor of Law, University of South Carolina
The Trump administration aims to revisit school discipline policies. Roman Bodnarchuk/Shutterstock

As outrage over the Parkland school shooting persists, lawmakers are looking for actual policy solutions. Unfortunately, they sometimes misunderstand or misuse the facts that should drive policy.

The Trump administration and its supporters are latching...

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