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This is in no way anything new; not in the US at least.

• j_baker 16y ago
  It is new for school systems to actually recognize the phenomenon though.
  • hugh3 16y ago
    From what I've heard about what school was like prior to, say, 1960 ("sit up straight or you'll get the cane!") old-school schools would have embraced the idea that their job was to teach good behaviour as well as academic skills. It is, perhaps, a shame that some of this has been lost.