State wants districts to have options to deal with disruptive students

State wants districts to have options to deal with disruptive students

Whether caused by the pervasiveness of social media, an increase in "soft" parenting without consequences or lingering trauma from the COVID-19 pandemic, South Dakota's top education official said more public school students are being violent or aggressive in the classroom. In addition to an increase in the number of disruptive incidents, Department of Education Secretary Joseph Graves said the level of violence exhibited by students against tea…