In As a Rule, Forget About Rules, I asserted that most classroom disciplinary rules are unnecessary, which raises the question: What rules are necessary? And the answer, of course, is going to vary ...

One of the inevitable first-day-of-school tasks for elementary teachers (and many secondary teachers) is introducing the class rules. So it’s no wonder teacher-bloggers have taken up the topic this ...

OKEGAWA, Saitama -- Students at a junior high school here are now able to set their own class rules apart from school rules in an initiative intended to address issues in school life. However, while ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — Washington is modifying the rules for how teachers handle disruptive students in the classroom. The Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) has worked on ...

Pakefield High School introduced the new classroom rules at the start of the academic year A parent has described a new set of classroom rules implemented at a school, which includes giving pupils a ...

In this extract from his hard-hitting new book “Class Rules, The Truth About Scottish Schools”, James McEnaney doubts the Scottish Government has the courage to own up to mistakes it has made in ...

During his 1983 NCAA championship run, legendary North Carolina State basketball coach Jim Valvano was asked by a reporter if he held “bed check” when the team was on the road. “Absolutely,” replied ...