Students Behaving Badly? A Trip to the Principal Could Be the Wrong Approach
Many schools are becoming adverse to harsh discipline measures, but that leaves teachers to wonder how best to address student behavioral issues.
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October 03, 2014
Talking About Dress Codes? Avoid 'Pretty Woman'
After using clips from "Pretty Woman" to explain dress code to female students, a North Dakota high school is getting negative feedback from parents and press.
October 01, 2014
How to Teach Emotionally Demanding Millennials
Students valued classroom time and had a stronger interest in a subject when they felt that their instructors were available to provide emotional support, a recent study finds.
August 29, 2014
Time With Nature Reduces Student Stress, Research Says
Schools can reduce stress simply by allowing children to play in green spaces, instead of only focusing on teaching children how to cope with stress.
March 30, 2014
Novel Classroom Discipline Approach: Spoil the Plot of 'Game of Thrones'
A Belgian professor reportedly told his class to simmer down or he'd reveal all the characters who die in the popular HBO show and novel series.
February 10, 2014
The Art of Using Checklists in the Classroom
The use of simple checklists to manage complex, sometimes unwieldy projects has been a trending topic in many industries. Teaching is no exception.
February 03, 2014
Researchers: Gossip May Have Some Benefits (Even in Schools)
A new study distinguishes between real positive benefits of some kinds of rumormongering.
February 03, 2014
A Teacher on 'Listening' Rather Than 'Disciplining'
Sarah Camiscoli, a literacy intervention teacher for English-language learners at a small public middle school in the South Bronx, moved away from disciplining to listening and gaining greater understanding of her students' needs.
August 26, 2013
First Days of School: 'Sweat the Small Stuff'
Ariel Sacks say that "sweating the small stuff" in terms of student behavior and comportment (within reason) is not something to be scoffed at
June 26, 2013
A Teacher Reflects on 'Collective Failure' With Boys
In an article in The Atlantic, a New Hampshire teacher describes what she perceives as "rotten" in the state of boys' education.
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