Teacher testifies about her discipline methods

Published October 19, 2011 4:00am ET



The teacher accused of choking her first-grade students for misbehaving offered a sharply different account Wednesday of how she disciplined them.

Montgomery County prosecutors say Susan L. Burke, 36, grabbed the necks of her 6- and 7-year-old students during the 2010-2011 school year at Greencastle Elementary School.

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