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Mom says school secretary duct-taped her son's mouth, wrists
Source: KUSA-TV

DENVER - A mother says a secretary at her 6-year-old son's school placed duct tape on his mouth and taped his wrists together. Ashlye Tenner's son, Joshua Fredericks, is in first grade at Palmer Elementary School.

Teachers 'tied up pupil on floor'
Source: BBC News

Two teachers have been suspended from a school in Kent over claims they tied up a student's arms and legs. Folkestone Academy said it was alleged the sixth-form pupil was bound and left on the floor for several minutes in an end-of-lesson "prank" in November.

Secondary schools to teach fair play
Source: Telegraph

The government wants children to be given lessons aimed at improving their social and emotional maturity. The lessons should result in children becomming more polite, and the idea has been tested at a primary school.

Teachers join the roll of the betrayed
Source: Telegraph

Some teachers are regularly tortured by their pupils. They have little support from parents. Their lessons are regularly disrupted and the government's response is to get them to reward bad students with presents if their behaviour improves. OPINION RELATING TO THIS ITEM

Sexual assaults in UK schools rarely lead to expulsion
Source: Telegraph

Schools across the UK are failing to expel pupils for sexual assaults on classmates, an investigation has found.

Attention Surplus? Re-examining a Disorder - New York Times
Source: The New York Times

Essentially, A.D.H.D. is a problem dealing with the menial work of daily life, the tedium involved in many school situations and 9-to-5 jobs.

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