The outcome of the 2024 presidential election could sway the direction of school discipline policy as each major candidate presents a starkly different view of how schools should approach student ...

Legislation focusing on how to handle the most disruptive students in classrooms is moving again in the Legislature. The House of Delegates passed a school discipline bill a few weeks ago. Then the ...

In the wake of President Donald Trump’s executive order aiming to reinstate “common sense” school discipline, more states may follow and expand the authority of teachers and school officials to deal ...

“Many children with problem behaviors go underdiagnosed," an expert says. Reports of two 6-year-olds being arrested at school in Florida -- including one for throwing a temper tantrum -- came as a ...

“We have to look after and take care of all the other kids that are in the class whose education is being disrupted by the behavior of very few. It’s about time we stood up,” said Delegate Elliott ...

President Trump is shining a spotlight on the issue of school discipline, which is closely related to the growing problems of learning loss and falling test scores, though it’s unclear how much can be ...

LOWER POTTSGROVE — The Pottsgrove School Board recently offered a lengthy look at what it is doing to combat violence and misbehavior at Ringing Rocks Elementary School, and parents continued to speak ...

The Trump administration is trying to reshape how schools discipline students – and alter the federal government’s role in the process. On April 23, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive ...

The Trump administration took aim at another keystone in public education, this time looking to shake up how schools handle discipline. It’s not the disparate rates of punishment levied against racial ...

House Education Committee Chairman Joe Ellington, right, explains the latest version of an elementary school discipline bill on the House floor Tuesday. (Photo courtesy of WV Legislative Photography) ...

President Trump signed multiple executive orders on Wednesday targeting the country’s education system, from discipline in K-12 schools to how universities are accredited. Regarding school discipline, ...

Amelia Shulman (name changed for privacy) had been teaching high school students in Georgia for three years when, in 2024, she decided it was time to consider another career. A major factor was ...