Four years after a Georgia boy hung himself in his school’s time-out room, the state is finally drafting guidelines for how such rooms should be used. Though the rooms are intended as a last resort, guidelines exist in just about half the states and researchers say the rooms can be misused, leaving students to suffer the consequences, reports CNN. To read more click here.

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