Boston Herald

Massachusetts education board bars locked, forced ‘time-out rooms’ in schools

The state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education voted unanimously Tuesday to narrow the use of “time-out” rooms in schools, taking steps to ensure the spaces are safe and unlocked and seclusion ...
The Pantagraph

Experts question benefit of school time-out rooms

DES MOINES, Iowa - After failing to finish a reading assignment, 8-year-old Isabel Loeffler was sent to the school's time-out room - a converted storage area under a staircase - where she was left ...
WSFA

Mother alleges daughter was placed in isolation room at Elmore County therapeutic school; district reviewing complaint

ELMORE COUNTY, Ala. (WSFA) - An Elmore County mother is demanding answers after she says she found her 10-year-old daughter inside a concrete “time-out” room at a district-run therapeutic program.
The Times and Democrat

HELPING, OR HURTING? Experts question benefit of school time-out rooms

DES MOINES, Iowa — After failing to finish a reading assignment, 8-year-old Isabel Loeffler was sent to the school's time-out room — a converted storage area under a staircase — where she was left ...