Sydney is having a mental breakdown in a special education classroom when the 9-year-old girl tries — but fails — to pelt a police officer with a cracker. “Not very good aim,” responds Randy Boyden, a ...

Nearly four years after George Floyd suffocated to death while being pinned face down to the pavement by a police officer, Minnesota Democrats are fast-tracking legislation that would undo a less-than ...

It’s a scenario that sounds more likely in jails than schools: Arms pulled behind their back, a person is forced into a “prone restraint,” pinned face down on the floor with limbs held immobile by at ...

As part of the restraint process, staff members are supposed to stabilize the offender's head while the children pin their arms and legs, for safety reasons. Sometimes, though, he said that ...

This story was produced by the Teacher Project, an education reporting fellowship at Columbia Journalism School. BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Twenty years ago, a visitor to Centennial School would have heard a ...

Jonathan Moore struggled to breathe when four teachers pinned him to the floor in a Ballston Spa elementary school. The fifth grader, who is autistic and nonverbal, was unable to call out to the staff ...

What do you do when you return home after an exhausting day of work? Maybe you put your feet up. Maybe you order a pizza. Maybe you zone out in front of the TV. When a little kid returns home after ...

First, there are many ways to prevent the kid from running out of your room before she tries to run out of the room, and those means of prevention are taught pretty well in college: have an inviting ...