Parents are the third rail of the discipline conversation. Teachers say they need backup from their school leaders.

Young children in a classroom (Photo credit: Shutterstock.com / Ground Picture) The landscape of modern education requires a fundamental shift in how student behavior is understood and managed.

The threat of lawsuits and the behavior of small numbers of persistent troublemakers are interfering with classroom learning and driving teachers from the profession, a new report says. Nearly eight ...

It is the University of Colorado Boulder's ("CU-Boulder") policy to establish proactive and collaborative mechanisms for identifying, reporting, assessing, and mitigating risks associated with student ...

“Every individual should be able to access things that they like,” said Monica Fisher, M.Ed., BCBA/COBA, director of the behavior department at Monarch Center for Autism during an edWebinar. “It is ...

In this new ProfHacker series, we take on a potentially charged subject: disruptive student behavior in the classroom. In this series, we will present a scenario, and we’ll offer a few suggestions ...

Assessing student learning effectively is often complicated by relying on ambiguous proxies such as grades, quiz scores, or assumptions about students' internal states, such as what they feel, think, ...

The following terms and definitions are operative in all Sections of “Rights and Responsibilities.” Some Sections contain additional terms that are specific to their topic. Accommodations ...

In the latest saga of Jefferson County Public Schools' busing debacle, drivers took a stand against their working conditions, orchestrating a sickout for two days that resulted in dozens of canceled ...

When Illinois classrooms fully reopened for in-person learning this fall, teachers anticipated many of their students would need plenty of academic and emotional support to recover from 18 months of ...