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The Elephant in the Classroom: Why Did South Carolina Educators Call the Cops? Posted: 29 Oct 2015 02:50 PM PDT The viral video of an armed, uniformed school resource officer manhandling an African American student in a South Carolina classroom has spurred an intense debate about the presence of law enforcement in mostly minority schools—which critics say helps fill the school-to-prison pipeline. Tyrone Howard, a professor at UCLA's Graduate School of Education and Information Studies and a specialist in race and education, says the incident is a textbook example of why teachers need more training in how to handle disruptive students. The arrest "was excessive and reprehensible, if you think about it," said Howard, who was a classroom teacher before becoming an academic.

Mexico arrests 4 members of teachers union in Oaxaca state Posted: 29 Oct 2015 11:56 AM PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities said Thursday that federal agents arrested four members of a radical teachers union in the southern state of Oaxaca, which is ground zero for the battle over education in the country.

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