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Dropping The F-Bomb In Class? Teachers Weigh In

We asked for your feedback on whether its ever OK for students to curse in the classroom. Hundreds of you responded.
Source: Alana Ramo for NPR

Warning: This post contains language that some may find offensive.

So we asked, and you answered: Is it ever OK for students to curse in the classroom?

The question comes out of our "" series, where a radical new approach in a Washington, D.C., high school has led educators to move beyond suspending students for disruptive behavior, to talking with those kids to learn

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