With the number of students missing at least a day of school due to suspensions or expulsions now double what it was in the 1970s, and suspensions a predictor of dropping out, how can we expect to ...
Gwinnett County Public Schools Superintendent Calvin Watts affirmed his support for discipline policies implemented this school year and said he believes most in the district do as well — despite the ...
Last spring, a Comsewogue High School junior was caught vaping in school. In the past, the student would have faced five days of out-of-school suspension. But because the district two years ago ...
Let’s play “what if” for a second. What if schools used real-world scenarios to teach? What if learning were tied to complex problem-solving? What if students graduated from high school knowing how to ...
Educators are faced with situations requiring disciplinary measures daily. No one method of discipline can serve as a blanket cure for all scenarios. In balance with modern discipline practices, ...