A local teacher we know told us this shocking fact: She was required to attend training at some UN-sponsored ‘peace’ program. According to her training, instead of punishment for children who engaged in typical grade school violence such as hitting and bullying, she was required to put the two sparring kids at a “negotiation table” \u2014 meanwhile interrupting the rest of her teaching.<\/p>\n
What do 6-year olds know about negotiation?<\/p>\n
Is it any wonder no one wants to be a teacher anymore?<\/p>\n
New York public-school students caught stealing, doing drugs or even attacking someone can avoid suspension under new \u201cprogressive\u201d discipline rules adopted this month.<\/p>\n Most likely, they will be sent to a talking circle instead, where they can discuss their feelings.<\/p>\n Convinced traditional discipline is racist because blacks are suspended at higher rates than whites, New York City\u2019s Department of Education has in all but the most serious and dangerous offenses replaced out-of-school suspensions with a touchy-feely alternative punishment called \u201crestorative justice,\u201d which isn\u2019t really punishment at all. It\u2019s therapy.<\/em><\/p>\n