Zero Tolerance – Delaware Liberal

When The Punishment Doesn’t Fit The Crime, Or… It’s The Over-Reaction, Stupid

By pandora February 8, 20107 Comments

Doodling on a school desk is wrong. Hauling a 12 year old girl out of school in handcuffs for doodling her name on her desk in erasable marker is worse.…

Christina School Board Reverses Decision

By Unstable Isotope October 13, 20099 Comments

I doubt anyone is surprised by this decision: A Newark, Del., first-grader suspended for bringing a camping utensil to school has gotten a reprieve. Six-year-old Zachary Christie, who attends John…

Zachary’s Story Goes National

By Unstable Isotope October 12, 2009118 Comments

Do you remember the story of Zachary, a 6 year-old student in the Christina school district who was suspended for bringing camping utensils to school? This story has been picked…