Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. President Trump holds a signed executive order relating to school discipline policies as Education Secretary Linda McMahon watches ...

Sometimes, the boundaries between exclusionary practices and removals are “fuzzy,” the researchers found. As an inclusive practice, a teacher may offer a “cool down corner” for students to sit and ...

Jen Bondeson’s May 25 article “[E]ducators discuss state’s proposed discipline policies” covered a recent discussion about proposed changes to Maryland’s education laws. The changes would further ...

Jal: As with many of the things we discuss here, restorative justice is an idea that is admirable in theory but difficult to pull off in practice, in particular because it is so misaligned with much ...

Wealthy discipline can look almost too gentle from the outside. Working-class families often see it as soft. Here are eight ...

In “Straight Talk with Rick and Jal,” Harvard University’s Jal Mehta and I examine some of the reforms and enthusiasms that permeate education. In a field full of buzzwords and jargon, our goal is ...

Violating a school dress code. Using a cellphone in class. Mouthing off at a teacher. There was a time when that kind of behavior, called "willfully defiant" conduct, would get a California public ...