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The article offers legal advice for teachers in Great Britain regarding classroom management. One incident concerns a student who causes low-level disruption in class and tells the class he's leaving. It is considered a form of lawful restraint for the classroom teacher to stand in front of the door to try to prevent the student from leaving. Other scenarios include a student kicking a teacher, a teacher trying to remove a bag of popcorn from a student, and pushing and pulling by teachers.

The article focuses on the new legislation, effective on September 2010, which would extend the authority of head teachers in England on searching for the properties of pupils as part of maintaining student discipline. It says that teachers will be allowed to search students for alcohols, drugs, and stolen goods, aside from destructive weapons. Furthermore, the searches are allowed only on reasonable grounds and should be carried out by a teacher of the same sex as the student being searched.

The article reports on the proposal of Chairman Alan Steer's committee on pupil behavior of a law that gives teachers the right to discipline students in Great Britain. Steer concluded that teachers' legal authority over their students is important to school discipline. Under the proposed law, the teacher's authority over students was derived from the teacher's position as a teacher.

The article reports on the failure of the new federal law to stop the Tyndale Academy on its continuous use of corporal punishment for its pupils in London, England. According to Ferris Lindsay, head at Tyndale, the punishment is important to train pupils with mischievousness attitude. Moreover, the Department for Education and Skills was told by the Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED) about the smacking in 2004 at Tyndale, but no one had raised the issue with Lindsay.

The article focuses on policies about school discipline and management in Great Britain. It discusses the legal aspects of allowing teachers to search students for drugs, alcohol, and student property and examines the research of Sir Alan Steer, who has written a review on the topic. The need to increase parental participation in school behavior discipline is also noted.

The article reports that the British government's Education and Skills Bill, pending in Parliament as of early 2008, creates an "independent educational institution" school category" intended to help stop a private Christian academy from employing corporal punishment. The institution, Tyndale Academy in London, England, enforces rules based on the "Bible" and has evaded school discipline laws to date by limiting its hours of instruction to keep them under those that define an independent school.

The author discusses laws governing school discipline and schools' ability to regulate student behavior in Great Britain. He notes the the government Department for Children, Schools and Families released guidance on the topic to remind school leaders of updates and changes to these laws. He discusses responses to student behavior outside of school, control over students' attire at school, and health and safety factors affecting rules governing admittance to the school.

The author provides an explanation of section 93 of Great Britain's Education and Inspections Act 2006, which became effective on April 1, 2007 and regulates use of "reasonable force" in school discipline and management. He notes that corporal punishment was abolished in 1986, but that reasonable force is allowable to prevent pupils from disrupting the maintenance of good order and discipline within a school; he clarifies that the force must be necessary, proportionate, and controlled.

The article reports on Great Britain's April 2007 Education and Inspections Act. Guidelines explain discipline measures covered by the legislation, including teachers use of physical force against violent students, confiscation of communication or entertainment devices in certain circumstances, and searches of students suspected of carrying weapons. The legislation also restricts certain school powers, requires schools to address bullying, and recommends use of praise to alter student behavior.

Focuses on the efforts of Simon Blake of the Anti-Bullying Alliance in promoting the importance of peer support schemes and the revision of anti-bullying policies in schools in Great Britain. Promotion of a new zero tolerance approach and the encouragement of schools to sign anti-bullying charters; Thoughts of Blake on the anti-bullying policies.

Discusses the code of conduct that is forced on students in Great Britain. Advantage of the requirement given the perceived rise in disruptive and abusive behavior of students; Shortcomings of the new rule such as the conflict of interest for teaching staff that it creates; Negative implications of applying business concepts in a university such as employee or student discipline.

Reports on the British High Court ruling stating that teachers are entitled to refuse to teach violent and disruptive students. Overview of the case of a student who was taught in isolation due to his violent behavior; Human rights issues arising from the case.

Comments on the impact of the Human Rights Act 1998 on sanctions and punishments in classrooms in Great Britain. Safeguards against false imprisonment that are contained in the Human Rights Act 1998; Lobbying efforts seeking to outlaw the detention of pupils without parental consent.

Discusses British legislation regulating school discipline. Mention of the Education Act 1997 and the School Standards and Framework Bill; Previous views of discipline held by school governors; Unique features of new laws; Need to consult in discipline with teachers and parents; Unclear role of teachers and pupils in law; Drawbacks of law regarding to parental involvement and community relations; Concerns about exclusions.

Reports on the dropping of charges against David Sims, head teacher of Moat House Special School in Essex, England, and members of his staff. Allegations of using corporal punishment; Essex County Council's concerns over leadership of the school.

Criticizes the terms on discipline in the British Education Bill. Unanimous acceptance of bill by major political parties; Fixed-term exclusion; Contracts with parents; Detention of pupils without parents' permission; Schools' publication of their discipline policies.

Reports on general secretary David Hart's call for changing the law to give schools more power to deal with violent and disruptive pupils, in behalf of the National Association of Head Teachers in Great Britain. Hart's comment on the need for not allowing parents to `ride roughshod' over any school sanction; Hart's thoughts regarding the Government's decision to review the operation of fixed term exclusions.