When a student starts to get out of hand in class this school year, teachers in Maine have more authority to remove them.

A new report co-authored by a UC Riverside child psychologist warns that aggressive immigration enforcement is taking a serious mental health toll on children in immigrant and mixed-status families.

Black, Latino, and Tribal youth face alarming rates of confinement as youth incarceration rises for the second year.

State Sen. Dean Murray described the bill as a "win-win" in protecting everyone involved.

As a child psychiatrist, I’ve seen how often Black, Hispanic, and Indigenous children are unfairly mislabeled and misunderstood. One diagnosis keeps showing up in ways that harm these children: opposi...

Today, the Justice Department announced that it reached an agreement with a Michigan school district to address the discriminatory use of seclusion and restraint against students with disabilities, in...

A new Oklahoma law prohibits schools from inflicting corporal punishment on students with any type of disability.

When he was in second grade, Krystal Emerson’s son was physically restrained by a staff member or put in a small, isolated room at least 18 times over seven months during the 2023-24 school year at El...

Driven by increasing reports of misbehavior, some Maine teachers and administrators want to make it easier for staff to physically restrain students.

In 2024, using violent crime rhetoric that isn’t supported by data, legislators approved that reversed progress for youth in Louisiana.

The School Broad last night voted 8-0-1 to ban the practice of seclusion previously permitted when a teacher believes a student poses a danger to themselves or others. It is

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Last year, the U.S. Department of Justice found that disabled and Black students were disproportionately punished from 2020-2023.

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NBC News investigates a growing crisis at youth detention centers across the country. Many are understaffed, putting the guards and those in custody at risk. NBC News' Steve Patterson reports.

Guest columnists Sarah Eagan and Ilana Ofgang of the Center for Children's Advocacy say the continued use of restraint and seclusion by Connecticut schools is inconsistent with the goal of ensuring "e...

Senator Tommy Tuberville’s recent comment about treating ADHD with “the belt” is drawing ire from those living with the condition. Research has found spanking and other forms of corporal punishment to...

Senator Tommy Tuberville’s recent comment about treating ADHD with “the belt” is drawing ire from those living with the condition. Research has found spanking and other forms of corporal punishment to...

In February 2024, the International Coalition Against Restraint and Seclusion (ICARS) issued a public Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to England’s Department for Education (DfE). The requ…

Secretary Cardona’s Colleague Letter to governors, chief state school officers, administrators of lead agencies, school district administrators, and early childhood program and school leaders. When to...

Campaigners have 'lost faith' with DfE after revised teacher guidelines are hit by years of delay, false starts and a suggestion that restraint in schools is 'rare'

Wake County employs SROs in 80 schools; some parents and civil rights advocates say their presence harms and criminalizes students.

States are backtracking on youth justice reforms, following a broader pattern of backlash against efforts to make a less punitive justice system.