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Texas Study Shows Majority of Middle, High School Students Suspended or Expelled

by Lesley Kennedy, Posted Jul 21st 2011 3:00PM

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You don't mess with Texas, and, if you're in school there, you definitely don't wanna mess with the administration.
The New York Times reports a study by the Council of State Governments released earlier this ...Also noted: Minority students faced harsher punishments more often than white students.
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Four-year-olds handcuffed for refusing to nap

by Sandy Maple, Posted Mar 12th 2008 2:04PM

On November 17, 2006, Jaden Diaz and Christopher Brito were both four-year-old preschoolers at a public school in Bronx, New York. On that day, they had a substitute teacher, who they say was unhappy with them and another boy for refusing to take a ...
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Caught on tape: Teacher behaving badly

by Bethany Sanders, Posted Mar 1st 2008 10:05AM

If you work in education, then you know this is the time of year that educators start planning for the following school year. It may seem early, but March is prime time for preschool and kindergarten round up. After weeks of angst (on my part), I ...
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Kindergartener handcuffed to chair for throwing tantrum in school

by Trish Robinson, Posted Jan 28th 2008 11:30AM

In New York, a 5-year-old was handcuffed to a chair after he threw a tantrum in the principal's office. Dennis Rivera attends kindergarten at PS 81. He threw a tantrum in his classroom, was sent to the principal's office, and then began knocking ...
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Boy suspended for cookie eating

by Heather Craven, Posted Jun 6th 2006 2:35PM

As reported by Nicole Weston on our sister blog, Slashfood, an eighth grade boy was suspended because of cookie consumption. Jeremy Maitland, a student at Hungary Creek Middle School, in Henrico Virginia, was in the school cafeteria to fill up a ...
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