Michael Gove calls for the “ratchet” in favour of teachers

In response to the recent riots in England, Michael Gove, the education secretary, is bringing corporal punishmentback to British schools. The use of force and other harsh penalties is now allowed by the British government.

Yes, you read that correctly — according to Gove, the use of physical force will teach those rioters a lesson, and a care2 author wonders whether he has “thought of asking any of the offenders why they were rioting and considered how that might relate to the classroom?”

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