Lawmakers increasingly view disciplinary alternative programs as a solution to behavior problems. Critics say they harm students.

North Carolina teachers remain committed to their classrooms, but many feel hampered by heavy workloads and student behavior challenges, according to a preliminary state survey released May 6. The ...

The results of new teacher and principal surveys suggest they're generally happy with their schools, but work 50 or more hours every week. The teacher survey also raises questions around the behavior ...

Thousands of North Carolina teachers marched in Raleigh last week demanding higher pay and more school funding, but a new report shows that poor student behavior is also a major concern for educators.

Three years before he was accused of killing two doctoral students in Florida, a domestic violence incident with Hisham Abugharbieh’s brother and mother highlighted his family’s concerns about what ...

A third teacher at Laurel Highlands High School is on administrative leave over allegations of inappropriate behavior involving a former female student. Earlier this month, JROTC instructor Daniel ...

Standing before the Jefferson Parish school board last year, Sandra Hauer said she had come to discuss an urgent matter: Student misbehavior. Hauer, president of the Jefferson Federation of Teachers, ...

Kicking. Yelling. Throwing school supplies across the room. Physical violence. Teachers report experiencing these every day. And when class sizes bloat, or teachers don’t feel supported by their ...

Student behavior in the classroom is not improving, and teachers want parents to do more. An Education Week survey released this month found 64 percent of teachers reporting classroom behavior has ...

The University of Pennsylvania is facing plenty of heat during March Madness - and for good reason. On Thursday night, No. 14 seed Penn were defeated 105-70 in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament ...

Louisiana police arrested a 29-year-old school teacher on charges of inappropriate behavior with a juvenile as well as solicitation of a minor, the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office announced on ...

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