America's teachers are being trained in a harsh interrogation technique that produces false confessions

[JonS]

@kwhitefoot

number of high school students suspended or expelled each academic year increased “from one in 13 in 1972-’73 to one in nine in 2009-’10”—a nearly 40 percent rise.

The horrifying thing here is not the rise of 40% but the fact that it …

Well, that is over a period of almost 40 years, so really, it’s no big deal. I mean, @Mister44 has already explained to us that 30% over 30-odd years is irrelevant, so surely the same applies here?

[/snark, in case you were wondering …]