February 3, 2006

Pro-Paddling Student Wins Court Battle

By JENNIFER JACOBSON

A New York appeals court has ordered Le Moyne College to reinstate Scott W. McConnell as a student in its education program, a year after the Syracuse institution expelled him for advocating the use of corporal punishment in the classroom.

The court found that the college had violated Mr. McConnell's due-process rights and its own regulations when it dismissed him from the master's-level program. The three-page decision, which overturned a lower-court ruling, was unanimous.

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