Educators from Mt. Hope/Nanjemoy Elementary School, Benjamin Stoddert Middle School and Westlake High School spoke to the board about their efforts on school climate during a greater discussion about ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Research on school discipline has focused largely on the effects of exclusionary measures across the life course, but a University at Buffalo sociologist has published a new study that ...

For many district and school leaders, the new school year has not only brought excitement but also uncertainty about how to address their school discipline dilemma. Directors of student supports and ...

Pocomoke High School in Maryland has implemented "restorative practices" to address student discipline and foster a positive learning environment. This approach, emphasizing communication and conflict ...

The outcome of the 2024 presidential election could sway the direction of school discipline policy as each major candidate presents a starkly different view of how schools should approach student ...

President Trump has signed an executive order that could pave the way for a legal challenge of California law banning student suspensions for “willfully defiant” conduct. The directive has sown ...

Applying a disparate impact standard to school disciplinary policies is both unlawful and unwise. It makes no sense to claim that a neutral policy applied equally to all students regardless of race ...

Q: Our son's new first-grade teacher gives children smiley faces for behaving properly. At the end of the week, they trade them in for prizes. On the other hand, nothing of any real consequence ...

The teacher accused of choking her first-grade students for misbehaving offered a sharply different account Wednesday of how she disciplined them. Montgomery County prosecutors say Susan L. Burke, 36, ...

President Trump holds a signed executive order relating to school discipline policies as Education Secretary Linda McMahon watches in the Oval Office on April 23. (Alex Brandon / Associated Press) ...

Violating a school dress code. Using a cellphone in class. Mouthing off at a teacher. There was a time when that kind of behavior, called "willfully defiant" conduct, would get a California public ...