SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - Preventing classroom conflicts before they start-- that’s the idea behind the PBIS framework, positive behavioral interventions and supports. It’s a multitiered, ...

BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - As the pandemic rages on, state leaders and mental health experts stress time and again that our young students are struggling. Some school districts across Vermont have ...

After years of criticism about harsh student discipline for infractions as nebulous as “defiance” — much of which fell disproportionately on minority students — California school districts are ...

Discover how to equip your PBIS teams (Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports) and classroom educators with meaningful, evidence-based practices to help students achieve success in all areas ...

Developers of some school climate reform models say their programs are often bypassed by schools and districts in favor of what they see as specific strategies promoted by a federally funded technical ...

The Certificate in Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) prepares educators and related service personnel to address the unique behavioral needs of PreK–12 learners through proactive, ...

For decades, punishment-based strategies including reprimands, loss of privileges, office referrals, suspensions and expulsions have been the normal disciplinary actions at schools. These disciplines ...

Valley Oak Middle School teachers were asked to answer two questions about the school's climate and culture. Overwhelmingly, the teachers said the school's discipline model is broken. At a special ...

At Bloomfield College, we see our students, many of them hit hard by the pandemic, working part-time jobs — often two or three — while studying for their degrees. Our students are some of the poorest ...