Showing posts with label bullying. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bullying. Show all posts

Thursday, February 5, 2009

"It was just a learning opportunity"

Remember that teacher made her class vote an autistic child "off the island"? Well, now she is saying that she did it to create a learning opportunity, using math. She has also not apologized to the traumatized child.

Read the rest of this story here:
http://www.wptv.com/content/tcoast/story/Teacher-calls-student-vote-a-learning-opportunity/I2EPGkd5R0qiw7BtjvWU9g.cspx

US News

Supreme Court Issues Unanimous Decision in Fitzgerald v. Barnstable: Parents Can Sue School Officials Under Discrimination Laws

This suit was based on the case of a kindergarten girl who was sexually harassed by a boy on her bus and in school. When nothing was done to stop the harassment on the bus, the girl was driven to school, and eventually missed school because of the incidents. Her parents thought the school did not do enough to protect their daughter.

Read the whole story on the Wrightslaw website:
http://www.wrightslaw.com/law/art/fitzgerald.barnstable.supct.htm