Sign up for the On Point newsletter here. Kids lost in school time during the pandemic. When they went back, they brought new behavioral challenges with them. "It’s ...

A couple of news stories about some new “studies” on sleep and both ADHD and child behavior recently caught my eye. They illustrate the impressive lengths certain segments of the mental health ...

Springfield teachers and principals logged 17,759 student discipline incidents during the 2022-23 year, an increase of about 30 percent — 4,154 incidents — compared to the prior year. Each incident ...

The St. Louis Public Schools Special Administrative Board approved in April 2016 a new discipline policy forbidding schools from punishing children in preschool through 2nd grade with out-of-school ...

Children who struggle with attention and behavior problems tend to end up earning less money, finish fewer years of school and have poorer mental and physical health as adults, compared with children ...

Incidents of student misconduct have risen in New York City since pandemic disruptions, though serious crimes in schools have decreased. By Bernard Mokam New York City schools are grappling with a ...

We asked teachers about how students are doing at their school. Overall, many teachers hold negative views about students’ academic performance and behavior. Teachers in elementary, middle and high ...

As the school year wound down, Piedmont Lakes Middle School administrators noted, with relief, that since spring break there’d been fewer fights and a sharp drop in discipline referrals for their most ...