Olayinka Alege

 Olayinka Alege School Director

  If you have little knowledge about the zero-tolerance policies in U.S. schools, you will at very least know that this area is historically a hot topic. Olayinka Alege, along with   J. Howard Johnston, present: “Policy Brief: Educational Policy Information Center” to elaborate on these policies and their aspects. They tried to combine the reasons behind the policies, their implementation, and the results of these policies.   Olayinka Alege stated that in a recent study (2014), researchers documented that Hispanic and dark-skinned high school students were significantly more being a target of out-of-school suspensions for the same misconduct as their white classmates. This is an indication of the degree of racism prevalent in many educational institutes.   He also discusses the factors that not only initiate, but also accelerate these practices. A significant reason for these exclusionary measures at schools is the mindset of the school administrator and teachers in charge of