Meet the Parents: Navigating Tricky Waters
Most parents are rational, reasonable, and respectful, but it’s those high maintenance ones that every teacher dreads. And the situation seems to be worsening each year.
Class Management
The End of Discipline in the Classroom
The current thinking on discipline is preemptive, rather than reactive. Change how you run your classroom, experts suggest, and discipline issues will no longer be a problem.
Budgeting for Classroom Supplies
It’s time to start prepping the classroom—and to spend money. Here are some ways to reduce the amount you spend as a teacher, and still have a nice classroom.
The Case for Fido in the Classroom
These days there is an increased demand—and need—for therapy or service dogs in the classroom. But one of the problems with dogs at school is a lack of national standards.
Addressing LGBTQ+ Bullying in Your School
Almost two million LGBTQ+ teenagers consider suicide each year. Does this statistic scare you? If not, it should.
Slow Down: Keeping Children Safe in School Zones
Far from being a safe haven, schools can be a danger zone, especially for students walking amongst the crush of cars and buses that converge at drop-off and pick-up times.
Suspending Suspensions
A growing chorus of educators and researchers have lately come together to urge schools away from suspension as a way to tame repeat classroom offenders.
ADHD: Naughty or Neurological?
For K-12 teachers, children who exhibit the signs of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can present a significant classroom challenge.
Empathy: Turning the Forgotten into the Benchmark
Most people tend to assume that my students are capable of less-than-stellar academic performances because they have complicated lives outside school.
Teacher Presence: Invaluable or Overrated?
When you have a teacher who has presence, students are impacted in ways that positively affect the class. But what exactly is teacher presence?