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Monday, January 28, 2008
Dealing with disruptive students
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The keys to ‘Get Schooled’ have been passed along again. I am honored to be the new holder.
Bridget announced Friday that I would be taking over.
A little about me: I grew up in New York, a fact that becomes apparent if you hear me say certain words. I graduated from Indiana University in 1995 and immediately started working as a newspaper reporter. My first assignment was education and I’ve never left the beat. Over the years I’ve covered education issues in Indiana, Illinois and Florida. I came to the AJC four years ago and I’ve written about education in Fayette, Coweta and Gwinnett.
We’ll get to know more about one another over the next few weeks. For now, let’s jump into an interesting topic: School police arrested a seventh-grade girl last week after she attacked a teacher. Read here.
The girl beat the teacher so hard, she broke the woman’s glasses and bloodied her lip. The attack happened at Lilburn Middle School in Gwinnett, but this incident isn’t unique to one school.
Over the years, teachers have shared horror stories about disruptive students. They talk about the lack of respect. They talk about the discipline problems. They talk about the absence of support from school administrators and parents concerning this problem.
What happened to cause this violence and disrespect? Are teachers, parents or students at fault? And what can we do to fix it?
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