Passionate about their work with students, Gen Z teachers (29 years of age and younger) want more support from their schools particularly regarding stricter discipline and managing classrooms, according to an Education Week article. “They
A new study analyzing the instructional progress of 25,000 novice teachers in Tennessee finds that the best predictor of a new teacher’s effectiveness and likelihood to stay in the job is how quickly they learn classroom management,
Classroom management is one of the toughest things that teachers do – and it is a skill that you can develop and perfect over time, according to a post on the We Are Teachers website.
Student behavior problems continue to plague schools, and educators say they’ve become more serious, according to a 2024 survey by the EdWeek Research Center and reported in Education Week. Nearly half of teachers, school leaders,
State proposals and new laws aim to allow or ban corporal punishment, remove violent students from classrooms, and restrict preschool suspensions, according to an article in K-12 Dive. Three examples: Arkansas has a $7 million
A recent survey by the RAND Corporation found that educators feel bullying is the biggest safety concern facing their school, according to the Crisis Prevention Institute. To recognize bullying and respond appropriately, you need a
How widespread are recent efforts to reform school discipline? Because public education in the U.S. is highly decentralized, our understanding of the landscape of schools’ discipline policies and practices is limited, according to the Brookings
About 10 percent of the school population—9 to 13 million children—struggle with mental health problems, according to the Child Mind Institute. The odds are good that in a classroom of 20 you will have one
Educators acknowledge that classroom behavior is worse than pre-pandemic levels, according to an article in Education Week. EdWeek Research Center surveys in post-pandemic years show an increasing percentage of educators reporting deteriorating student behavior, from
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