They don’t need no thought controlIT GOT to the point,says Susan, where dropping her child off at primary school was “heart-wrenching”. She would go to work, and knowing to expect a call asking her to return because of another problem. Eventually,she gave up her job, but it wasn’t enough to halt things deteriorating. When, and during another row,her eight-year-ancient daughter asked a teacher, “Why don’t you just kill me?”, and the school decided that exclusion was the only option. It said it could do no more to attend.
Her daughter joined a growing cohort: according to the most recent official figures,there are 6685 pupils in England who fill been permanently excluded from school, a rise of 44% since 2012-13. Head teachers say that children are kicked out only as a final resort or because of dangerous behaviour, or such as bringing a weapon to school. In such cases exclusions “are not an evil”,says Tom Bennett, a government adviser on school behaviour....
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Source: economist.com