1.   And he said teachers should have the authority to remove disruptive students from their classroom.

2.   And he wants schools to adopt zero-tolerance policies for disruptive students, expelling any who use drugs, alcohol, glue or aerosol paint.

3.   Barnes also wants to increase the use of alternative schools for disruptive students, and to expand after-school programs for middle school students.

4.   A high school teacher from El Paso told about a disruptive student who broke into her home and blasted her and her husband with a shotgun.

5.   Albert Shanker, the former president of the group who died earlier this year, crusaded for years to make it easier to remove disruptive students from classrooms.

6.   But they also are pioneers, pushing classroom traditions to a place where no one hushes disruptive students, slams lockers, or raises a hand to speak.

7.   Currently, many of the programs, for disruptive students who are removed or expelled from regular school, provide only basic courses.

8.   Education experts contend that such labels are often loosely applied, particularly in cases in which teachers want to rid themselves of disruptive students.

9.   For example, he said, will private schools be required to retain disruptive students?

10.   In such cases, problem students are forcibly taken to a cottage for disruptive students, where they are counseled by specially-trained employees.