ProPublicaMay 20, 2025

A Teacher Dragged a 6-Year-Old With Autism by His Ankle. Federal Civil Rights Officials Might Not Do Anything.
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The Garrison School is part of a special education district that had students arrested at the highest rate in the country. It had pledged to change how it disciplines kids after a ProPublica-Chicago Tribune investigation and subsequent federal probe.
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A Teacher Dragged a 6-Year-Old With Autism by His Ankle. Federal Civil Rights Officials Might Not Do Anything.

The Garrison School is part of a special education district that had students arrested at the highest rate in the country. It had pledged to change how it disciplines kids after a ProPublica-Chicago Tribune investigation and subsequent federal probe.

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Show threadHMSStarbirdMay 21, 2025
@ProPublica the bigger problem is WHERE IS THE HELP SND SUPPORT FOR IMPOVERISHED TEACHERS?
Show threadBrownIsBeautifulMay 27, 2025
@hmsstarbird @ProPublica Seriously? You think the underpayment of teachers is worse than teachers assaulting children, and a school using the police to do the job of the school? Your priorities are out of order.
Show threadHMSStarbird
@BrownIsBeautiful @ProPublica I think this incident is a direct result of the underpayment and undervaluing of teachers and education. I think schools using police to do their jobs is sad. But vilifying bad teachers doesn’t solve those bigger problems. It shows that when we don’t value education we end up with teachers so under-supported that they in up mistreating children. And good teachers leave the system before they have to witness something like this.
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Show threadBrownIsBeautifulMay 28, 2025
@hmsstarbird @ProPublica I couldn’t disagree more. It’s not sad. It’s infuriating and not a real solution to the problem. The problem is the devaluation and dehumanizing of children in the classroom. A teacher doesn’t get the response they’re looking for, and their knee-jerk response is this. Low pay is not an excuse for abusing children and the lazy leadership of administrators who make the huge leap to, “Let the police handle it!” (1/2)
Show threadBrownIsBeautifulMay 28, 2025
Then washing their hands of the entire situation. There’s no need to problem solve when police intervention is the go-to. (2/2)