A look back at an era when sitting perfectly still wasn’t just expected—it was enforced.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. President Trump holds a signed executive order relating to school discipline policies as Education Secretary Linda McMahon watches ...

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Analysts said the number of classroom discipline cases have skyrocketed in Utah in the past few years, essentially doubling since the pandemic. Why is this happening? Experts ...

In “Straight Talk with Rick and Jal,” Harvard University’s Jal Mehta and I examine some of the reforms and enthusiasms that permeate education. In a field full of buzzwords and jargon, our goal is ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Discipline in the classroom is a top concern for teachers. Lawmakers passed the Tennessee Discipline Act to make changes. Mark Hayes was a Middle Tennessee teacher for 31 ...

Jal: As with many of the things we discuss here, restorative justice is an idea that is admirable in theory but difficult to pull off in practice, in particular because it is so misaligned with much ...

Jen Bondeson’s May 25 article “[E]ducators discuss state’s proposed discipline policies” covered a recent discussion about proposed changes to Maryland’s education laws. The changes would further ...

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 ...