Suspension

Students Suspended For Senior "Prank" That Included Both Mayor And Police

The Huffington Post | Katherine Bindley | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: School Pranks, Video, High-School-Suspensions, Senior Pranks, Senior Prank, School Suspensions, School Suspension, Slidepollajax, Pranks, Suspension, High School News

The last day of senior year is apparently so closely tied with malicious pranks that school officials in Walker, Mich., have suspended more than 60 st...

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Community Service To Wipe Away School Suspensions

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Oakland, Community Service, Detention, Los Angeles, Students, Assemblymember Sandre Swanson, Black, Teachers, Civil Rights, Suspension, Education News

By: Robyn Gee Recent data from the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights shows that black and Latino students are much more likely to...

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Bus Driver Gets Stabbed, Suspended After Resolving Dispute

AP | Posted 02.23.2012

Read More: Taniesha Twyne, Video, Stabbing, Public Transit, Bus Driver Stabbed, Cobb County, Bus Driver, Georgia Crime, Suspension, Crime News

KENNESAW, Ga. -- Authorities say a Georgia commuter bus driver who was stabbed in the face with a pen while trying to resolve a dispute with a passeng...

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Indiana Superintendents Say More Expulsions Will Defend Student Rights

Adam Goldstein | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: First Amendment, Nanny State, Cyberbullying, Expulsion, HB 1169, Parenting, School Discipline, Indiana Association of Public School Superintendents, Censorship, Suspension, Indiana, Education News

Asserting that a bill extending state authority to punish students with no limits whatsoever is a victory for student rights bends reality to the breaking point.

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What Would Martin Luther King, Jr. Say About 'Behave or Begone'?

Robert Ross | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: School-Pushout, School Suspensions, Suspension, Male Expulsions, School Expulsions, Urban School Suspension, California Expelled Students, Expulsion, California Suspended Students, Education News

I wonder what our nation's most illustrious civil rights leader would say about the epidemic of school suspensions and expulsions in so many of our urban public schools in California and nationally.

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Suspended Disbelief

Judith Sandalow | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: School Discipline, Suspension, School Suspensions, Dcps, Dc Schools, Elementary School Suspensions, Tools of the Mind, Student Suspension, DC News

Monday's front page story in the Washington Post focused on the high rate of elementary school suspensions. Understandably, many people find it hard to believe this form of discipline is used so often with children so young.

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A Plan to End Bullying and Make Schools Kinder and Gentler

Meryl Ain, Ed.D. | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Education, Dignity, Bullying, Vengeance, Character-Education, Discipline, Harassment, Suspension, Education News

A plan that would virtually end school bullying and make school discipline kinder, gentler and more meaningful is being proposed for schools throughout the country.

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The High Cost of the Suh Stomp

Andrew Brandt | Posted 01.29.2012

Read More: Detroit Lions, Roger Goodell, Albert Haynesworth, Andrew Brandt, Suspension, Ndamukong Suh, Sports News

More than the continued excellence of the Packers, more than the nail-biter between the Dolphins and Cowboys, and more than the Harbaugh family reunion, it is Ndamukong Suh's stomp -- unfortunately for the NFL -- that is the signature moment of the day.

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180 Suspension For 'Accidentally' Touching Teacher?

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: 7th Grade, Video, 7th Graders, School Suspension, Middle School, School Suspension Challenged, Middle School Suspension, Suspension, 7th Grader Suspended, Education News

Seventh grader Je'Terra Bowie has been suspended for the past month from Wilkinson Middle School in Detroit for allegedly accidentally touching her te...

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Hugging His Friend Got This Boy Suspended

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Pda, Video, Hugging, Orlando Middle School, Orlando Schools, School Suspension, Hugs, In School Suspension, Public Displays of Affection, Suspension, Education News

When Nick Martinez, a 14-year-old student at Southwest Middle School in Palm Bay, Fla. hugged his female best friend in between classes, he thought no...

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ACLU Sues NC School Over Student's Nose Piercing

AP | TOM BREEN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Discrimination, Raleigh, Aclu, Johnston County, School, Ariana Lacono, Suspension, Education News

RALEIGH, N.C. — The American Civil Liberties Union claims in a lawsuit filed Wednesday that a North Carolina school violated the constitutional ...

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Michael Vick Averts Suspension From Commissioner Goodell

Dexter Rogers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Quanis Phillips, Roger Goddell, Philadelphia Eagles, Nfl, Michael Vick, Espn, Suspension, Sports News

Michael Vick needs to play well and monitor what he does on and off the field. Vick should now understand more than ever that there are some in the media and otherwise who want to see him fail.

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Deepwater Moratorium Becomes "Suspension," But Still Needed

Robert L. Cavnar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Moratorium, Bp, Transocean Horizon, Deepwater, Bop, Gulf of Mexico, Blowout Preventer, Blowout, Test Failure, Transocean DDIII, Suspension, Green News

I've been saying for weeks now that the US should change its offshore policy to "if you drill here, you live here". How hard is that?

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Michael Vick: Why Isn't Michael Vick Being Protected by the Media Like Ben Roethlisberger?

Dexter Rogers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Virginia, Shooting, Birthday Party, Michael Vick, Roger Goodell, Quanis Phillips, Philadelphia Eagles, Nfl, Suspension, Michael Vick Dog Fighting, Sports Crime, Sports News

There's a separate manual for the issuance of justice in society and sport. African-Americans often get the short end of the stick when compared to their white athletic brethren.

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Steelers Trade Santonio Holmes to Jets: Should Roethlisberger Pack his Bags Too?

Dexter Rogers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New York Jets, Traded, Santonio Holmes, Substance Abuse, Nfl, Pittsburgh Steelers, Suspension, Sports Crime, Sports News

The Steelers seem to be cleaning house. They are ridding themselves of troubled players who don't fit the Steeler mold. Well, if that's the case then Roethlisberger should start packing his bags as well.

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Head Hits Hurting Hockey

Brad Kurtzberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Head Shots, Curtis Glencross, Nhl, Penalty, Rules, Concussions, Chris Drury, Fine, Nfl, Suspension, Sports News

Few people would argue that the NFL is not a tough league anymore because they have attempted to reduce blows to the head. The NHL would also not be any less tough if it passed similar measures.

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How Will Tiger Do? A Statistical Look at Returns From Scandals Past

David Roher | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Celebrity Media, Media, Sports Statistics, Ron Artest, Ricky Williams, Scandal, Babe Ruth, Pga, Michael Jordan, Manny Ramirez, Sex, Tiger Woods, Todd Bertuzzi, Pga Tour, Media Criticism, Sports Media, Tiger Woods Scandal, Sports, Golf, Suspension, Sports News

What can we learn about how Tiger will do upon his return from other athletes who have also returned from scandal-fueled absences?

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Cop Shock: 10-Year-Old Girl Tasered

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

OZARK, Ark. — A police officer who used a stun gun on an unruly 10-year-old girl after he said her mother gave him permission has been suspended –...

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ReThink Review: The War On Kids -- Education's Prisoners

Jonathan Kim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Public Schools, Overmedication, Adhd, Shooting, Expulsion, Prussia, Violence, Zero Tolerance Policy, Rethink Reviews, Prozac, Jonathan Kim, School, Suspension, Expelled, Add, Cevin Soling, The War on Kids, Documentary, Medication, Ritalin, Entertainment News

Public schools have essentially been turned into prisons with constant surveillance and harsh, often absurd zero tolerance policies towards drugs, alcohol, weapons, violence and other forms of misbehavior.

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