Advocates demanding an end to the use of seclusion rooms say they're pleased the Edmonton public school division has decommissioned more than 60.

Edmonton Public Schools is continuing to phase out the use of seclusion rooms, spaces once used to isolate students during crisis situations.

Even after he calmed down, they placed him in a seclusion room — referred to as a “quiet room” in the report — where they continued telling him to sit in a specific spot.

The seclusion room practice was banned in 2023 for grades K-3, but Minnesota lawmakers are now looking to allow it up to sixth grade with parental permission.

After a very personal debate over the controversial behavior strategy, the Minnesota Senate passed a bill on Thursday giving schools more leeway to seclude kids as long as they have parental ...

The Massachusetts Education Board is working to reform “timeout” and seclusion policies in schools.

The state education board advanced regulations Tuesday to further restrict controversial "timeout" and seclusion policies in schools, the next step in a years-long effort to reduce the use of the ...

The new regulations would address longstanding concerns that school timeout rooms are used discriminatorily against students with disabilities.

That’s not because lawmakers didn’t want data on seclusion; they thought it would be included in the reports because Colorado law for years defined seclusion as a form of restraint.