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Virginia Middle School Students Suspended for Oregano Possession

A few Virginia parents would probably like to know what local school administrators are smoking. Seventh-grader Adam Grass and three other students at Hickory Middle School in Chesapeake, Va., were suspended last week after being caught with what teachers initially thought was a bag of marijuana but turned out to be a...

Opinion: My Life as the Child of a Tiger Mother

Maya Rosas, Harper Collins Lac Su is the author of "I Love Yous Are for White People" (Harper Perennial, 2009). Amy Chua's Wall Street Journal article "Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior" (and her associated memoir) unleashed a firestorm of criticism and back slapping for its unabashed assertion that the harsh,...

Experts: Capt. Owen Honors' Navy Career Is Over

The naval career of Capt. Owen Honors, who apparently produced, broadcast and even starred in raunchy and homophobic videos made aboard a nuclear aircraft carrier, will be over in a matter of days, according to military experts. "He's done. His career is over," Stephen Saltzburg, the general counsel of the National...

Zero-Tolerance Laws Eased, But Schools Still Tough

(Oct. 16) -- Concerned that students have been expelled for using Listerine or playing cops and robbers at recess, a handful of states have backed away from the zero-tolerance laws that required such harsh discipline. But the new laws -- which in most instances require school districts to consider disciplinary action on a...

Late Gate Ends as Duaner Sanchez to Return on Sunday

The banishment is over ... Duaner Sanchez, after his Saturday afternoon meeting with Willie Randolph, will be allowed to resume spring training on Sunday after a three day "suspension" (if that's the correct word) for lateness. Sanchez had reported about an hour late Thursday morning, according to Minaya. Randolph noted...

Background on Discipline

In its original sense, discipline is systematic instruction given to disciples to train them as students in a craft or trade, or to follow a particular code of conduct or "order".

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