Alabama teachers will have new authority to enforce discipline in the classroom. But it isn’t clear when exactly the “Teacher Bill of Rights,” created by a law this spring, will get implemented in ...

In the San Diego Unified School District, school returned as always this fall, but with a change: new rules about cell phone use, driven by a new state law requiring all schools to enact a policy ...

Standard rules commonly implemented in schools nationwide are to raise your hand, be respectful, and follow directions. Some teachers want to add a new one that has sparked discourse online: banning ...

Educators don’t need another report telling them that classroom behavior is worsening. They’ve told us themselves again, and again, and again. Last winter, the EdWeek Research Center conducted a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Carrie Lukas, a mother of five, is president of Independent Women. Removing needless red tape and ideology in the teaching ...

The discourse surrounding the unmanageable and impertinent behavior of this generation of students is far from new. Teachers across America have been sounding warning bells regarding their students' ...

A new rule governing what Portland Public Schools educators are — and are not — allowed to put on the walls of their classrooms is drawing pushback from its vocal teachers’ union. Under the rule, ...

There are exceptions to the rules. As an example, students can use their phones riding to and from school on a school bus if it does not interfere with the driver. Students can also access their ...