The use of restraint and seclusion in K-12 schools has been scrutinized and criticized for decades, including by the U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Government Accountability Office, and ...

WASHINGTON (AP) – A Senate committee report released Wednesday raises concerns over whether parents are informed when their children are strapped down, physically restrained or placed in seclusion in ...

A federal watchdog agency said Tuesday that public schools have significantly underreported their use of restraint and seclusion to control students’ behavior. The Government Accountability Office ...

Members of both houses of Congress last week introduced legislation to regulate the use of restraint and seclusion on students in schools, and to require that any use of such practices be reported to ...

Recently, Michael Leichliter, the superintendent of Schools at Harwood Unified Union School District, testified before the House Committee on Education on restricting the use of restraints and ...

Photos show blood splattered across a small bare-walled room in a North Carolina school where a second grader repeatedly punched himself in the face in the fall of 2019, according to the child’s mom.

Get the Ed Chat newsletter: Enter your email for weekly updates about Alabama schools from Trisha Powell Crain: Hundreds of Alabama children may be physically restrained or secluded behind locked ...

The U.S. Department of Education issued a publication Tuesday outlining principles for educators, parents and other stakeholders to consider when developing or refining policies to support positive ...

MIDDLETOWN — The use of restraint and seclusion in Middletown Public School rose 13% in the 2023-24 academic year compared to the year before, according to the latest state Department of Education ...