Gillespie 2015 para.3 stated that listing the undeserving victims of zero tolerance policies in public schools yields a genealogy as long confusing, and endlessly swelling as any found in the Old Testament or a late-run episode of Honey Boo Boo. And why this is so and whether the assistances outweigh the expenses are questions well worth. Conferring to Department of Education statistics, one out of five students will be suspended in a given year and another 3.4 percent will be expelled. There is unanimous agreement that students who are thus disciplined are far more likely to not graduate high school. Therefore, schools should change their discipline policies to focus on targeted interventions for students with behavioral issues and to form stronger partnerships with the entire school community to reduce the number of suspensions and expulsions and improve learning outcomes for students. Those who want to make students feel safe and secure in school should work on narrowing the achievement gap which will lead to less drop outs from school. The students should be warned to help those students at risk of failing in school. Educators need to be more trained to help de-escalate conflicts. Children with disability are more likely to be suspended than others, as research has shown, so there should be more education and help given …show more content…
There are numerous types of bullying such as name calling, knocking out, and bingeing fabricated rumors. These days’ social networking and texting is also considered major form of bullying. Those who are involved in bullying are at increased rate of misbehavior, abuse, and dropouts from school therefore, it creates an obstacle to learning with undesirable consequences on part of both students and organizations. Students may be stronger and occasionally act as a bully based on situation. Bullying not only decreases academic performance but also causes mental health problems and physical injury. Sometimes bullying can be referred as “getting chosen” on by someone else which is accompanied by repeated risk, pestering, exploitation, and