Harsh school polices and practices and an increased role of law enforcement in schools have combined to create a "schoolhouse-to-jailhouse track," in which out-of-school suspensions, expulsions, and school-based arrests are increasingly used to deal with student misbehavior, especially for minor incidents, and huge numbers of children and youth are pushed out of school and into the juvenile and criminal justice systems.
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December 16, 2011
Give ex-Raines principal second chance
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December 15, 2011
Columbus police: ‘Defiant’ student arrested at Spencer High School
Ledger-Enquirer