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January 18, 2008

Suspensions in Maryland

I have been looking over the suspension data for Maryland schools recently and noted that there are a lot of suspensions for non-violent offenses. There seems to be a debate over how to deal with misbehavior. Should we be suspending students for talking back and disrespect as a way of getting troublesome students out of the classroom or should we try other approaches? What about suspensions of young children? I would be interested in talking to teachers and administrators about this issue. My e-mail is liz.bowie@baltsun.com.

Posted by Liz Bowie at 10:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)
Categories: Around the Region, School Safety (Or Lack Thereof)

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In my humble opinion as a teacher not enough suspensions are given out when little children disrupt the rights of those wanting to attain an education they need to go. I would venture to guess in the city school I work in if we could just get rid of the chronic offenders our test scores would rise.

Posted by: Natalie | February 6, 2008 1:49 PM

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