Education & Discipline

Found this in a story from Willamette Week:

Teachers whom OJP [Oregon Journalism Project] spoke to say there’s a high level of workplace dissatisfaction, despite the funding increase from the Student Success Act. They say inflation consumed much of the increase and classrooms are crowded and often unmanageable because of legislation limiting disciplinary action that may be taken against students.

Most of the story is about politics and money, but this one line was the only mention of trouble in the classroom.

I am all in favor of only allowing students in the classroom who want to be there, and excluding unruly students. What to do with the excluded kids? Put them in the bullpen. Staff the bullpen with guards armed with firehoses.

I wonder just what is legislation limiting disciplinary action that may be taken against students? Google gives us the kind of usual gobble-de-gook. I suspect corporal punishment is right out:

As of 2024, corporal punishment is still legal in private schools in every U.S. state except Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, New Jersey and New York, legal in public schools in 17 states, and practiced in 12 of the states.