- Donna St. George
Not too young to be suspended
Thousands of elementary students were suspended from public schools last year in Washington and its suburbs, many of them so young that they were learning about out-of-school discipline before they mastered spelling or arithmetic.
Discipline reform in Maryland schools
Education leaders unveiled an effort Tuesday that could end school suspensions for nonviolent offenses and require districts to address racial disparities in discipline.
Engaging with readers (and an expert) in a comment thread
Post reporter Donna St. George writes about responding to reader comments on a recent story about school suspensions in the D.C. area.
Year’s first baby is right on time
Washington area’s first baby of 2012 gives Upper Marlboro family a girl to follow two boys.
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- In Washington area, African American students suspended and expelled two to five times as often as whites
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- Maryland weighs speeding up school disciplinary process
- Judge Steve Teske seeks to keep kids with minor problems out of court
- Bullying linked to lower school achievement
- Texas students sent from classroom to courtroom
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