Students may lack the skills to control their behavior when they’re upset, and these steps can help build self-regulation.

Along with reading, science, and mathematics classes, every student here at Haut Gap Middle School takes a course in how to be a Haut Gap student. For most students, the class is 40 minutes a day for ...

Zero tolerance policies in schools actually end up promoting misbehavior, according to a new study. And despite its widespread use, there is little evidence to back up the use of a zero tolerance ...

For years, Franky terrified his teachers. As a third-grader, he pantomimed killing other students by sliding his finger across his throat. In fourth grade, he swore at anyone who angered him. The ...

There have been more incidents of Carroll County elementary school students receiving major incident referrals for poor in-school behavior this year than last year, according to school officials.

Claire Smrekar receives funding from US Dept of Education. In 2006-08, I was an Investigator with the IES-funded National Center on School Choice at Vanderbilt University, which involved research on ...

In education, initiatives tend to roll down from above. A district buys a new curriculum, or gets funding for a new program, and principals receive their marching orders, which they in turn hand down ...