Italy revives policy of failing badly behaved pupils to bring back respect'
Briefly

The grades-for-conduct reform restores the importance of individual responsibility, makes respect of people and public goods central, and restores the authoritativeness of teachers.
In many cases teachers have needed medical treatment, while in others, the perpetrators were the pupils' parents.
We have heard of too many cases of undisciplined and out-of-the-ordinary behaviour; it is right that students are called to reflect on their responsibilities as a consequence of their actions.
The law, embraced by ANP, Italy's association of headteachers, follows a more than 110% rise in aggressive incidents towards teaching staff since the beginning of the year.
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