During his 1983 NCAA championship run, legendary North Carolina State basketball coach Jim Valvano was asked by a reporter if he held “bed check” when the team was on the road. “Absolutely,” replied ...

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, ...

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 ...

This article is part of the collection: Going Back to School With the 2016 EdSurge Fifty States Project. I’ve made a promise to myself and my students: I have decided this year that I am making over ...

On a plain piece of yellow unframed computer paper, as you walk into my classroom, you will see my simple class rules. I mention them the first day of school, and then my students and I try to live up ...

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 ...