October 26, 2009 (PRESS RELEASE) Chicago Public School students and teachers in four elementary schools and one high school now have a new way to deal with their stress during the school day -- the ...

Walk into any busy classroom and you may feel like you’ve entered a tornado. Kids talking, teachers trying to get through content while navigating different requests, and the inevitable interruptions.

When Olive-Mary Stitt Elementary School teacher Meghan Yarbrough’s third-graders returned from lunch on a recent afternoon, they entered a darkened classroom where they listened to a soothing recorded ...

FREEPORT — Freeport School District 145 has rolled out a new model of the Preschool classroom. What many people know as the "traditional" early education classroom - which includes multiples colors, ...

A circle of fifth-graders at Ridgeview Elementary School quietly tossed around a mango-scented squishy toy Friday morning as they contemplated respectful reactions to troublesome scenarios. “What ...

I teach fifth grade. I follow your column and website and I know that I will be a better teacher this year because of you, so thanks. Anyway, what is the one piece of advice that you would give a ...

As a child, Ann Ott sought solace in Tippy, her family's dog, after she was sexually abused. As she worked through the trauma, Ott would hug Tippy and cry almost every night. "She slept with me and ...

A small public school on Chicago’s Southwest Side is on the rise academically but it still struggles to reach all its students. This year, Agustin Lara Academy is trying something new to reduce ...

The Calm Caterpillar Program is a resource used to help small children express and understand tough emotions.It was created by Sarah Habib in 2017 and provides students with resources, allowing them ...

Three factors must be considered when managing behaviour in a classroom: the group’s needs; the individual’s needs; and what to do when these come into conflict. What works for the group comes first.