The landscape of K-12 classroom management is fraught with various challenges. Educators encounter difficulties in maintaining order, addressing diverse classroom learning needs, and fostering a ...

Classroom management is paramount to effective teaching. It sets the stage for a productive learning environment where students can thrive academically, socially, and emotionally. The psychology ...

Understanding and managing a room full of students is often a “trial by fire” for less experienced educators, according to Megan Ryan, the mentor coordinator for teacher professional development at ...

The news has been filled with stories about teachers using physical restraint in the classroom and, unfortunately, there have been many instances where force was used needlessly, incorrectly, or in an ...

A 2022 survey of 615 Midwestern K-12 teachers who left the profession cited poor student behavior as the No. 1 reason for their departure. Fifty-one percent of the surveyed teachers listed “behavior” ...

Next year. Whenever I talk to new teachers, whether informally or within a teacher education course that I instruct, there is consistent talk of the changes they will make “next year.” Many first-year ...

Leila Lubin doesn’t see the point in suspending students or making them miss instructional time for their misbehavior. She works hard to incentivize good behavior and chooses nonpunitive alternatives ...

This school year, students nationwide have been filmed swearing at teachers, flipping over desks, and committing physical violence. Poor behavior in schools is not new, but educators’ testimony and ...

KALAMAZOO, MI -- “Out of control,” is how some have described behavior in Kalamazoo Public Schools, new Superintendent Darrin Slade said at a Monday, Aug. 7 meeting with community members. Slade aims ...

Do you have a student who chronically procrastinates, sulks, underperforms, tests the spirit of class rules, and undermines your authority? Does this young person have a way of breaking every rule you ...

Dear Kid Whisperer, I need you to change my name if you answer publicly because I am about to complain about my principal.