Every teacher has their stories of students who are difficult to deal with and teach. There's a fine line between keeping control of the class and responding emotionally, however. Typically, teachers ...

NastyStudentNation.com. Bitter&Longsuffering.edu. WitsEndFaculty.org. These are some of the Web sites begging to be started, judging from the deluge of e-mail messages I’ve received -- and continue to ...

Teachers do students an incredible service by looking beyond their surface behavior and recognizing the depth of the young person’s distress. When caring educators can connect the student (and their ...

Every day in classrooms across the country, teachers and students clash, and what oftentimes results is a power struggle. This not only makes an already challenging situation even more difficult, but ...

I’ve always used Class Dojo to give positive behavior points, and I’ve had a class store as well to cash in their points for activities and prizes. I’ve never felt great about flooding the kids with ...

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 ...