A letter to the editor about the secrecy behind lawyer discipline in South Carolina won the October Golden Pen award. Timothy C. Kiel’s Oct. 15 letter pointed out fewer than 4% of the more than 4,000 ...

To the editor — Job one for school building administrators is to provide safe, conducive learning environments to maximize the effectiveness of classroom instruction. There must be transparency ...

Re: Jefferson Schools' scores get better, Page A1, Oct. 6. The light switch finally has come on at the Jefferson Parish School Board. Yes, discipline is the biggest problem in the school system. I ...

As a former teacher, I know the job is demanding. Teachers today deal with extreme and unsafe student behaviors with few corrective options and minimal consequences. Teachers are trying to teach ...

I read with both amusement and bemusement Tara Raines’ May 30 commentary, “Spare the rod.” It was very typical of the idealistic, unrealistic magical thinking of most liberals. Does Ms. Raines realize ...