This article is too long to quote in full so I will merely choose two of my favorites, if that is the correct word, as examples of the nuttiness which infects modern education and as teasers illustrative of the entire piece.

"4. Teacher suspended on weapons charge for demonstrating carpentry tools

A second grade teacher at Chicago's Washington Irving Elementary School was suspended for four days without pay for bringing screwdrivers, wrenches and other shop tools to class, and demonstrating how to use them. These are dangerous items.

8. School goes on lockdown when mom fails to sign-in

The mother of a special needs child in Walnut Grove, Missouri, raced to school when she got a "frantic" call from her kid'steacher. After she was buzzed into the building, she ran straight to his room, thereby committing the cardinal sin of not signing in. The school went into lockdown. Cops arrived and took the mom to the police station, where she was charged with trespassing."

The remaining eight are just as screwy and sometimes even worse.

http://reason.com/blog/2014/12/29/the-to...4b06148a79fdab9