Science news articles about 'school discipline'

... of the other known risk factors such as being older, having multiple school discipline problems, living with a smoker or even having a positive view of the effect smoking can have on your social ...

(AP) -- A U.S. appeals court heard arguments Thursday over whether school officials can discipline students for making lewd, harassing or juvenile Internet postings from off-campus computers.

... issue—beginning with subjects close to their lives, such as school discipline, and proceeding to issues of broader social consequence, such as abortion and gun control. Choosing their sides ...

... were largely civil servants, professionals and merchants. In one school, discipline in the form of beating with a stick, slapping ... from forgetting a pencil to being disruptive in class. In the other school, children were disciplined for similar offenses with the use of time-outs and verbal ...

... that race continues to be an important factor in determining who receives out-of-school suspension and expulsion, and that racial disparities in school discipline are most likely due more to school characteristics than to the characteristics of behaviors ...

... Wilmot, it was a simple experiment in preparation for her school's science fair, mixing common household ... of up to 20 years in jail.The episode has pitted campaigners for a common-sense approach to school discipline ...