school discipline

Discusses the case in which three students in the Dallas Independent School District were suspended from school in 1966 because of their hairstyles.

A collection of stories in which seventy authors share their experiences with and feelings about bullying, including selections from Lauren Kate, R. L. Stine, Melissa Walker, Laura Kasischke, Amy Reed, Kurtis Scaletta, Carolyn Mackler, and others.

Offers educators practical advice and strategies on classroom discipline, with real-life situations and suggestions for handling them in an effective manner.

Offers high school teachers step-by-step guidance for designing a behavior management plan that will prevent misbehavior and increase student motivation. Includes forms, samples, and evaluation tools to help teachers fine-tune their management plans.

Provides practical guidance for avoiding power struggles with students, discussing the hostility cycle and covering intervention, reframing, and defusing as well as how to deal with the rest of the class.

Discusses fundamental principles and goals pertaining to discipline strategies in school situations, focusing on topics such as teachers' responsibility to students; the use of motivation instead of discipline; and ways to use difficult behavior as a chance to provide instruction.

Provides guidance for principals in handling difficult students, presenting a ten-step problem-solving process and discussing rewards, punishment, critical teaching behaviors, student boredom and confusion, and other related topics.

Shatters the myth of excellence surrounding the Japanese system of education.