My daughter started fifth grade this month with a wonderful new teacher and, to my delight, the absence of one of the most annoyingly ubiquitous “tools” in modern classrooms today: the behavior chart.

Imagine this: You’re sitting in a faculty meeting, bored and tired. As your principal talks, gesturing at PowerPoint slides, your mind starts to wander. You furtively pull out your phone and check ...

With each new school year come shiny new behavior management systems decorating the walls of elementary classrooms. From sticker charts to clip charts to color cards, teachers choose bright and ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from QLD News. Followed categories will be added to My News. Debate over the use of behaviour charts has erupted on social media, after parents told a popular Brisbane ...

I’m pleased to publish this guest post by my colleague Heather Bleakley Chang, who served 11 years as a K-2 teacher and school leader in Philadelphia, and now supports schools as a consultant ...

Old-fashioned behaviour charts are polarising Queensland school communities and sparking furious debate on social media. Debate over the use of behaviour charts has erupted on social media, after ...