A state-funded program aims to help prevent the suspension of young children by intervening when a child’s behavior is disruptive.
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Students With “Emotional Disturbances” Face High Rate of Suspensions
It’s still hard for Keyanna Tucker to talk about what happened to her when she was six. “I was molested,” Tucker said. “I didn’t know how to cope with it … I didn’t know what was going on, but I knew it wasn’t right. So I started becoming a bully.” Tucker, who is now 22, […]
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Malloy vetoes student suspension, election bills
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy vetoed two more bills Thursday, including a measure that would have created a new process for removing student from classrooms after a child or a teacher has been injured.
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Student suspensions can add to a downward spiral, data suggest
Students need to be at school to learn, but new state data show that many children expelled or suspended because they act out are among those likely to miss the most school and perform less well academically. “”Suspensions and expulsions may exacerbate academic deterioration,” reads a presentation prepared for the State Board of Education.
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Number of Connecticut kindergarten suspensions rising
The number of kindergarten students suspended from school for misbehaving is on the rise, the Connecticut Department of Education reported Wednesday. Minority children make up three-quarters of the suspensions, the department said, and charter school students are suspended twice as often as those in the public school districts where they are located.