alternative school punishment

A Baton Rouge charter school principal accused of locking a kindergartner in a broom closet has been suspended and faces arrest on felony and misdemeanor charges after a warrant was issued Monday.

Officials at one North Carolina school suspended and banned an African-American student from graduation after she was almost arrested for wearing a shirt that violated the school's dress code.

Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton proposed spending $2 billion on alternatives to traditional school punishment. Her plan, and other alternatives like restorative justice, seek to end the school-to-prison pipeline.