Disruptive classroom behavior or failing to meet reasonable behavioral expectations set forth by instructors have the potential to harm the learning environment for other students and to create unsafe ...

Teachers can create welcoming, safe spaces while still maintaining high expectations and holding students accountable.

Why it matters: Classroom management directly impacts student outcomes, teacher satisfaction, and the overall learning environment. What works best: Strategies like clear routines, positive ...

A growing number of educators are turning to 'strategic noticing'—a strengths-based approach to classroom behavior management that emphasizes reinforcing positive actions over reacting to negative ...

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 ...

Managing student behavior is probably one of the biggest challenges for teachers - and one of the main reasons why so many end up quitting the classroom. All too often, the temptation is to focus on ...

Teachers are used to dealing with the occasional class clown—but what happens when most of the class requires that level of handling? Classroom disruptions and poor behavior have been on the rise, ...

In many elementary schools, it's easy to know who the class clown is, because on a thermometer cutout on the wall, a clothespin with their name is clipped to the red zone. Likewise, it’s easy to see ...

Teachers’ complaints regarding student classroom behavior are reaching epic proportions. In some states, they’re spurring teachers to push for policies that will grant them greater authority over ...