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In January, the Obama administration released new guidelines encouraging schools to move away from zero tolerance policies. 

The guidelines recognize the high cost of zero tolerance policies when they result in inequitable application and become part of the school to prison pipeline. 

 in reforming its policies. Its leaders revamped policies that will focus on rehabilitative approaches and aim to end racial disparities. While some praise Maryland's lead, others criticize the lack of funding, 

 of what supports are necessary for success. 

Restorative programs seek "to make both victims and offenders whole and productive again through mediation and amends-making," 

. "Restorative practices in schools aim to prevent the spread of violence through non-punitive conflict resolution and peer support and to resolve problems that do occur peacefully through communication among victims, perpetrators and facilitators. 

On The Daily Circuit, we discuss alternative discipline policies in schools and what programs are setting an example nationwide.

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We discuss alternative discipline policies in schools and what programs are setting an example nationwide.

Alternatives to zero tolerance school policies

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