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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Improved self-esteem and motivation. Positive discipline encourages children through clear expectations combined with emotional ...

MILFORD, Ohio — A Tri-State school district is seeing suspensions decrease by 50% over the last five years at one school after emphasizing a positive approach to discipline. Melissa Carraher is in her ...

New York state is finally recognizing what parents, educators and doctors have known all along: children are children. Last month, our state joined 48 others that no longer treat 16- and 17-year-olds ...

Discipline involves teaching your child ways to behave, follow rules, and learn self-control. Abuse isn’t discipline but rather actions that harm a child. Learn the difference and where to find help.

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 ...

The AJC’s Get Schooled Blog is publishing a series of guest columns this week focusing on school safety in Georgia and nationwide. This is the second of these columns. The first piece can be found ...

Noted child-parent specialist, Dr. Rudolph Dreikurs, says “Encouragement is more important than any other aspect of child raising. It is so important that the lack of it can be considered the basic ...