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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

LOOK AT THEM FROM ANNAPOLIS. REPORTER: CLASSROOM HORROR STORIES TOLD FWICHERS AND PARENTS INSPIRED THE LEGISLATION. >> THIS IS THE NOTE THAT I FOUND ON MY 9-YEAR-OLD SON, SITTING IN THE DARK, AFTER A ...

Tennessee schools are increasingly punishing and excluding special education students with behavioral issues instead of providing them with evidence-based interventions to support their academic and ...

Last week, China’s Ministry of Education published a draft of new rules meant to guide elementary, middle, and high school teachers in enforcing classroom discipline, and they included a request for ...

American public school education from the very beginning lived by strict traditional doctrines. I began teaching in 1969. At the time, the educators in positions of power were rethinking how to ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Discipline in the classroom is a top concern for teachers. Lawmakers passed the Tennessee Discipline Act to make changes. Mark Hayes was a Middle Tennessee teacher for 31 ...

Too many kids who need help and not enough time, that's what New Mexico teachers say is leading to discipline problems in the classroom. Updated: 6:32 PM MST Feb 11, 2013 Teacher’s union discusses ...

Under a rumored city Department of Education plan to implement a cellphone ban across all 1,600 city public schools, students would be banned from using phones in schools. Shutterstock / Ground ...