Sunday, June 25, 2006

NY Report Denounces Shock Use At School

Says students are living in fear
By Scott Allen, Boston Globe.

New York education officials issued a scathing report yesterday on a Massachusetts school that punishes troubled and disabled students withelectric shocks, finding that they can be shocked for simply nagging the teacher and that some are forced to wear shock devices in the bathtub orshower, posing an electrocution hazard.

To read the full report, visit http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2006/06/15/ny_report_denounces_shock_use_at_school/?page=2

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