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 ...

Teachers have an enormous impact on student achievement. Robert Marzano and two co-authors, in their book "Classroom Management That Works," posit that teachers need to be effective classroom managers ...

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 ...

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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 ...

When Grace Dearborn started her career teaching high school students, she felt confident about how to teach but unprepared for managing behavior in her classroom. During more challenging disciplinary ...

Human capital. While it’s a phrase we are all used to hearing, it’s not one of Joel Philo’s favorites. “We aren’t really capital, as you would think of equipment as necessary capital to run a company, ...

Dementia functions as a broad classification covering multiple distinct cognitive conditions. Behavioral shifts often represent an attempt to communicate rather than mere symptoms. Simplifying the ...