Schools resort to police too often … for ‘routine’ discipline? Judith Browne Dianis, executive director of the Advancement Project, says that, for example, “Talking back to the teacher can now be called disorderly conduct, and a fight may end with assault and battery charges.” After some twenty-five years in education, I’ve yet to see or hear of a student who talked back to a teacher charged (via the police) with disorderly conduct. The only way such should happen is if the talking back involves a refusal to leave the classroom, and/or explicit threats of violence towards the teacher or other students. And, why shouldn’t someone who starts a fight (possibly) be charged with assault and battery? Especially if the victim of the assault is injured? Welcome to the real world. To be sure, we’ve all heard of the anecdotes of school officials going way too far in disciplinary matters, ridiculously so in some cases. Unfortunately, we’ll never be able to sort out the moronic school administrators from the sensible ones until such instances come to public attention. But the problem with what folks like Ms. Dianis want is that it now has federal government backing. ... Continue reading... http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/19850/
