At the Oklahoma Capitol this week, lawmakers took on a topic that has teachers on edge: what to do when student behavior in ...
LOOK AT THEM FROM ANNAPOLIS. REPORTER: CLASSROOM HORROR STORIES TOLD FWICHERS AND PARENTS INSPIRED THE LEGISLATION. >> THIS IS THE NOTE THAT I FOUND ON MY 9-YEAR-OLD SON, SITTING IN THE DARK, AFTER A ...
Jal: As with many of the things we discuss here, restorative justice is an idea that is admirable in theory but difficult to pull off in practice, in particular because it is so misaligned with much ...
Millions of classrooms throughout the U.S. and internationally have begun adopting computerized apps (e.g., ClassDojo) to provide students with rewards and punishments as a part of classroom ...
Opinion Got a classroom behavior question: Ask Michael A San Diego teacher writes online advice blog to put lid on classroom chaos before it erupts (Courtesy photo) ...
The simple two-letter word was all it took to set off chaos at Heritage Rose Elementary last week. About a hundred children were sitting cross-legged in a hallway, ready to be dismissed to go home, ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — Lawmakers in West Virginia are very close to getting a bill on the governor's desk that would help teachers deal with disruptions in the classroom. On Tuesday, Senate Bill ...
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is issuing new recommendations on classroom discipline that seek to end the apparent disparities in how students of different races are punished for violating ...
A much-discussed bill meant to give teachers more control over classroom discipline issues failed to complete the legislative process. The House and Senate passed separate bills focused on how to ...
I receive a steady stream of missives from teachers, ex-teachers, and others who have insider knowledge of America's schools. They all say the same thing -- classroom discipline is falling apart and ...
The Broad Foundation first plunged into the roiling waters of school reform in 1999. And now, along with its multimillion-dollar investments in leadership and superintendents’ training and urban ...