High school abandons ‘zero tolerance’ policy, sees 85% reduction in suspensions

“It sounds simple,” the principal said about the new approach. “Just by asking kids what’s going on with them, they just started talking. It made a believer out of me right away.”

Who would have thought that talking with people more effectively solves problems than castigating them, that teenagers are people too, that intolerance is not the answer?

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