When still a teacher, I considered my building principal a consequence vending machine. When all else failed, press H5 for an in-school suspension. Having been on both sides now, I realize that the ...

Today State Superintendent Ryan Walters released a comprehensive discipline reform plan. Walters has been pushing for increased discipline and teacher protections for months. He says it’s been in ...

Springfield teachers and principals logged 17,759 student discipline incidents during the 2022-23 year, an increase of about 30 percent — 4,154 incidents — compared to the prior year. Each incident ...

Understanding and managing a room full of students is often a “trial by fire” for less experienced educators, according to Megan Ryan, the mentor coordinator for teacher professional development at ...

The Evanston Township High School District 202 Board of Education approved a new Discipline Improvement Plan at its Monday night meeting, aiming to reduce racial disparities in out-of-school ...

Jacksonville School District 117 has been ordered by the state to implement a student discipline improvement plan that aims to decrease the number of disciplinary actions in the district. This comes ...

Student behavior has become an issue in Springfield Public Schools — on that, there appears to be widespread agreement between top district officials, the teachers union and school board members and ...