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Tavis Smiley Reports

Tavis Smiley Reports is a series of four hour-long primetime specials that will air throughout the year. Tavis will leave his studio chair in Los Angeles and go on the road to examine some of the country's defining moments. He'll go behind the scenes with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and hit the streets of New Orleans with director Jonathan Demme to mark Hurricane Katrina's 5th anniversary. (Source: PBS)

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Prev: 3x01 -- Education Under Arrest (Mar/26/2013)

Many public schools are still operating under the 1999 “Zero Tolerance” initiative, which tied federal funding to this mandate. “Zero Tolerance,” which came about after the horrifying Columbine tragedy, demands that kids be removed from schools the first time they transgress—even for minor offenses. This puts them into the juvenile justice system—a system that those who work within its confines admit too often does a better job of punishment than rehabilitation and re-integration into schools.