High school is already a social minefield for teenagers, and the cherry on top is classroom rules and restrictions that can make them feel unmotivated. The basic rules, like no texting, no eating in ...

The new “question-of-the-week” is: What are the best ways to introduce classroom rules in creative ways on my large classes (30-40 students per class)? That was the submitted question, and the one I ...

I once had a principal whose core beginning-of-the-year discipline strategy was insisting, in August meetings, that the first day of any school year should be dominated by reading, illustrating, ...

Laura Chace is a former Montgomery County Public Schools PTA president and member of the PTA board. ABCs, 123s. Sitting in a circle and waiting your turn. Keeping your hands to yourself. Not taking ...