In fact, discipline can make students feel disconnected from their schools and push them to skip class or drop out. “There's really a mismatch…I don't think that these bills, unfortunately, are going ...

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 ...

KALAMAZOO, MI — Kalamazoo Public Schools is reminding community members about district discipline practices after a student ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Earlier this year, State Superintendent Dr. Cade Brumley announced his new “Let Teachers Teach Initiative”. A key part of it was reimplementing effective disciplinary action ...

The BriefA substitute teacher has been banned from Marion County Schools after several students accused her of hitting them ...

Imagine you are a school principal, and a sixth-grade boy ambushes and punches a female classmate twice with no provocation. Should the race, religion, ethnicity, or sex of the attacker make a ...

In “Straight Talk with Rick and Jal,” Harvard University’s Jal Mehta and I examine some of the reforms and enthusiasms that permeate education. In a field full of buzzwords and jargon, our goal is ...

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 school rules.

Lawmakers in Charleston seem committed to protecting the teachers who are molding the minds of the future. Republican Del. Joe Ellington is the lead sponsor on a bill aims to do that. “The main ...

One school district in Luzerne County is locking away distractions this school year with new 'Yondr' phone pouches.

CCSD educator Kyle Rogers believes student discipline is underreported across the district and has planned a town hall on the issue.

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, ...