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Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Violence against teachers
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Teachers have long swapped stories about violent students and disruptive classes. But this one is something different.
Atlanta police arrested a mother and daughter after the girl’s teacher was brutally attacked.
Police said the pair attacked the Southside High teacher. The mother pulled the teacher’s hair and knocked her to the ground, police said. Then the pair stomped on the teacher, police said.
The girl has been expelled from Atlanta schools. School officials say the teacher may sue the district.
We’re hearing more about these attacks. In January, Gwinnett school police said a seventh-grader beat a teacher so hard she broke the woman’s glasses and bloodied her lip. There’s talk in south Fulton about some incidents at Paul West Middle.
What should a teacher do when a student (or parent) acts out? A teacher can call for help but these situations escalate so quickly there often isn’t time for that. How can schools protect teachers and students from these attacks?
