Gym Teacher Placed on Leave for Making Student Stand for Pledge of Allegiance

Fourth-graders at Longstreth Elementary School pledge allegiance to the flag March 24, 2004, in Warminster, Pa. William Thomas Cain/Getty Images

A physical education teacher at a Colorado middle school has been placed on paid administrative leave after she allegedly made a student to stand and join the class in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.