In classrooms across the country, students are mastering their ABCs, solving equations, and diving into science. But one essential life skill–behavior–is not in the lesson plan. For too long, ...

Instead of waiting for something to go wrong with behavior, spend time preemptively giving attention to behaviors that you ...

As a retired elementary school teacher, I enjoy reading your column in the newspaper every weekend. I have noticed a common theme in your responses: Don’t punish students (for example by taking away ...

Assessing student learning effectively is often complicated by relying on ambiguous proxies such as grades, quiz scores, or assumptions about students' internal states, such as what they feel, think, ...

I am an old-school fourth-grade teacher who has been teaching for 25 years. I’ve always used a behavior chart where students have to pull green, yellow and then a red card when they act up. I try to ...

Schools are struggling with emotional and behavioral issues among young children affected by the pandemic and opioid epidemic. A new policy in West Virginia gives teachers a process for removing ...

Scott Ervin is an independent facilitator of parenting with Love and Logic and The Nine Essential Skills for the Love and Logic Classroom. He is a parent and behavioral consultant based in the Miami ...