Kindergarten students at Liberty Arts Magnet School show off their Spartan Bucks, which are earned through good behavior. Mackenzi Klemann/The Lima News LIMA — Signs around Liberty Arts Magnet School ...

All parents want to encourage behaviors that they find desirable in their children and to discourage those things they wish their children wouldn't do. Whether it's playing with other children, doing ...

WATERFORD — Students who excel academically and athletically are often recognized for good work, but what about the students who have good character and are well-behaved on a regular basis. PAWS is a ...

A new kind of vending machine has made its way to one elementary school in Tulsa. It's trading in candy bars for books. When you put a coin in this vending machine, something good comes out. From ...

Handing out colored bracelets and upbeat stickers when students behave well seems like an effective strategy for encouraging civility. Little prizes and public praise would seem to encourage honesty, ...

At Mosaic Preparatory Academy in Harlem, New York, reading, writing and arithmetic are not the only subjects on the curriculum — so is being nice. At the elementary school, getting pulled out of class ...

As parents we all want to encourage good behaviors in our children, whether it's playing with other children, doing schoolwork, performing family chores or simply interacting with adults. Children ...

Certain offenders committed to the Missouri Department of Corrections could have a new path to earning good time credit under a piece of proposed legislation. House Bill 2397, sponsored by Rep.

As every parent knows, positive reinforcement creates more good behavior. A dollar for cleaning your room, a milkshake for getting good grades, extra screen time for being nice to a sibling—these ...

Issuers are fine-tuning their rewards strategies, using carrots that can encourage fiscal responsibility and help them weed out less-desirable accounts. While traditional rewards programs based on ...