Incentivizing positive behaviors instead of punishing negative ones is an effective way to build school culture, but it’s also a powerful way to get teachers to practice PBIS When GEMS American ...

New research from the University of East Anglia has uncovered a significant gap in understanding of a harmful form of domestic abuse known as subtle or covert abuse. A new paper by researchers at the ...

Using rewards to encourage positive behavior from your students–and teachers Claire Davies, Elementary Innovation and Technology Coach and Coordinator, GEMS American Academy February 15, 2023 ...

From speaking up to taking action on climate change. Thomas Bateman, D.B.A., lives in Chicago and is a Bank of America Eminent Scholar at the McIntire School of Commerce, University of Virginia. His ...

I’ve always used Class Dojo to give positive behavior points, and I’ve had a class store as well to cash in their points for activities and prizes. I’ve never felt great about flooding the kids with ...

It’s fun to figure out our superpowers, but we also can develop and master new ones. In their work and lives, people underuse but can readily develop the best power source of all: to be more proactive ...

Sixty percent of Americans believe in the idea that true love is found in a one-and-only soulmate relationship, confirming that the quest to find one's soulmate continues to play a significant role in ...

Nurturing a tiny human to become a fully functional grown human is so much work, especially since young children are so very emotional and impulsive. The implementation of a few specific proactive ...

As a leader, modeling is the best teaching practice. What you say and do sets the expectation for what is acceptable behavior for the team. Conversely, the behaviors you allow give tacit permission ...