Other examples include everything from refusing to remove a hat at a teacher’s request, to sleeping in class, to walking out of class without permission.
Oakland Kids Who Cuss Teachers Out No Longer Need To Fret About Getting Suspended
By News on the Net The Daily Caller——Bio and Archives--May 15, 2015
Students in public schools in Oakland, Calif. will no longer face suspension if they swear at teachers — or ignore teachers’ instructions, or tell teachers off or decide to spend time texting instead of paying attention in class.
On Wednesday night, board members of the Oakland Unified School District voted to phase the punishment out over the next year because of concerns that black students are disproportionately suspended for such misbehavior, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
School officials broadly define this kind of misconduct under the category of willful defiance. It’s a catchall.
More...
