This post was written with Jessica Minahan and originally appeared in the Harvard Education Letter. About 10 percent of the school population, or 9–13 million children, struggle with mental health ...

Students may lack the skills to control their behavior when they’re upset, and these steps can help build self-regulation.

Submitting complaints of mistreatment, harassment, and neglect can be reported via several mechanisms. For more information on what these challenging behaviors are, please visit our page on Defining ...

Mistreatment is disrespectful behavior that interferes with the learning process. Examples of mistreatment include public belittlement or humiliation, threats of physical harm or punishment, ...

Now that you know several different prevention strategies, which one will you use first? We have provided you with some tips for success to help you through the process: Choose specific challenging ...

Nearly three years after most kids returned to in-person classes, new federal data reveals troublesome student behavior – from threatening other students in class and online to lack of attentiveness – ...

I am a kindergarten teacher with a challenging class. I have done PD with you, and the strategies and procedures that I have learned have pretty much made it so that I never have to worry about ...

Toddlers are wonderful—they are creative, engaging, silly, and fun. They are also easily frustrated and have a reputation for being unreasonable. This is largely because of their immature, yet ...

Krystal Emerson’s son can no longer attend Ellsworth Elementary-Middle School in person. An internal investigation found that staff had improperly restrained and secluded the then-second grader on at ...

Delaware's “Consortium Discipline Alternative Program” is little-known, if discussed at all. Now, a state task force has called for increasing its funding. As educators decry school climate and ...