A new analysis finds that teacher sanctions are relatively rare. But when they do occur, it’s usually related to sex and drugs.
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As NSW overhauls its approach to suspensions, school discipline continues to be one of the most difficult issues in Australian schools.
Too often, corporal punishment breaks young people and brutalises them.
The Channel Nine program pits ten different parenting styles against each other. It may make for compelling TV, but parents need information, not extra pressure.
In learning what we can from stressful situations, we can model efficient ways of coping for our children
Having loads of extra quality time with a toddler or preschooler and feeling flustered? Make sure you know how and where to do this basic disciplinary method the right way.
As many as 100,000 US adolescents currently spend at least part of the year in these therapeutic or disciplinary programs.
Research shows if time out is used occasionally, briefly and the child understands the process, it can be a useful parenting tool for kids aged two to eight.
Think of it like a ladder. You might not be at the top right now, but each new thing you learn takes you a step closer and means that your parents can relax the rules a little.
Until Canadians challenge the normalization of violence against children, we will continue to support, or at least tacitly condone, something that by all accounts is harmful.
A scholar explains the popular use of the label ‘cult,’ and what makes it problematic.
Despite the failure of zero tolerance discipline policies in schools, the Trump administration is targeting an Obama-era memo that sought to limit such policies.
Almost total journalistic shutdown is worsening the UK prison crisis.
There is something disconcerting about the Western move to denounce the human rights records of post-colonial states.
Parents need to use different approaches to shape behaviour depending on the child’s personality type.
In the Oscar-winning film ‘Moonlight,’ as well as schools across the US, student misbehavior is being cast in a new light. How can school discipline address the root of the problem and save our kids?
School expulsions are on the rise in Australia. But research shows individual punishment as a deterrent rarely works.
When it comes to black hair, “common sense” is the least reliable tool for decision making since even black people are constantly changing their minds about what they want to do with their hair.
New research finds state zero tolerance laws do not improve student safety. In fact, they increase the use of suspensions and racial disparities in discipline.
Maxine McKew speaks with education expert John Hattie about the kind of debates we really should be having around education.
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Professor and Director, Centre for Research in Educational and Social Inclusion, University of South Australia
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Professor of Law, University of South Carolina
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Senior Lecturer in Education Studies, Australian Catholic University
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Professor, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne
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Vice-Chancellor's Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Education, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of the Sunshine Coast
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The University of Queensland
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Lecturer, Faculty of Education, Deakin University
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Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education, The University of Texas at Austin
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Visiting Researcher in Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University
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Research and Innovation Officer, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Indian and Colonial History, University of Liverpool
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Research Investigator, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy, University of Florida
