Parents are the third rail of the discipline conversation. Teachers say they need backup from their school leaders.

Education Week journalists have consistently heard anecdotes about problems with student behavior and engagement, so for the 2026 The State of Teaching survey, we crafted a few questions about how ...

It is the University of Colorado Boulder's ("CU-Boulder") policy to establish proactive and collaborative mechanisms for identifying, reporting, assessing, and mitigating risks associated with student ...

“Every individual should be able to access things that they like,” said Monica Fisher, M.Ed., BCBA/COBA, director of the behavior department at Monarch Center for Autism during an edWebinar. “It is ...

Teachers, think back to when you were your students’ age. Picture yourself: who you were, how you spent your time, what mattered to you. Now, bring to mind an educator you felt close to. Someone who ...

Young children in a classroom (Photo credit: Shutterstock.com / Ground Picture) The landscape of modern education requires a fundamental shift in how student behavior is understood and managed.

In this new ProfHacker series, we take on a potentially charged subject: disruptive student behavior in the classroom. In this series, we will present a scenario, and we’ll offer a few suggestions ...

Assessing student learning effectively is often complicated by relying on ambiguous proxies such as grades, quiz scores, or assumptions about students' internal states, such as what they feel, think, ...

The following terms and definitions are operative in all Sections of “Rights and Responsibilities.” Some Sections contain additional terms that are specific to their topic. Accommodations ...

Teachers seem to be at the end of their ropes right now. Bad behavior from iPad kids and the effects of the pandemic are catching up to them in the classroom. They have to become more innovative than ...

In the latest saga of Jefferson County Public Schools' busing debacle, drivers took a stand against their working conditions, orchestrating a sickout for two days that resulted in dozens of canceled ...