Restorative practices in schools represent a transformative approach to discipline, focusing on repairing harm and rebuilding relationships rather than merely punishing misbehavior. This paradigm shift has gained traction in educational settings worldwide, yielding promising results in reducing...

Excerpted from Hacking School Discipline TOGETHER, by Jeffrey Benson, with permission from the publisher

TEACH VERSUS PUNISH

Hack 2 shows how administrators, in collaboration with staff, developed a list of administrative responses to student misbehaviors. In this Hack, the administrators and...

Have you ever felt like you’re trying to make sense of the AI world without your glasses on? There is so much controversy surrounding AI that educators can be blind to the benefits it can bring to students, teachers, and administrators. If you’re looking for a guide to...

Every adult who works in a school enters the building before the students arrive in the morning, each with a plan for the day. Teachers have their lessons ready; administrators have time set aside for essential meetings, working on the budget, or interviewing potential new staff; counselors and...

In today's educational spaces, group work is essential for students to thrive and succeed. By creating different spaces in your classroom where students can collaborate and explore learning at their own pace, they can benefit from a more dynamic and engaging learning experience....

Effective communication between schools and the community is essential for building strong relationships, fostering transparency, and ensuring that everyone is well-informed about school activities, events, and initiatives. We need to start building bridges and forge strong connections with our...

Sarah Strong on students learning to love math.

"If I had my students write Dear Math letters, I could, as best as possible, come to understand their relationship with the discipline of math itself."

In Dear Math, Sarah and Gigi explore the complexity of math through the understanding displayed...

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on education and we are still recovering from its affects. The way our students learn and interact, teaching practices, and classroom management strategies have all changed dramatically in just the past three years–for the better.

We...

Too often we only get professional learning or recertification credit for sitting at a workshop (seat hours)—even if we have accomplished nothing. After 6 hours of doing nothing but listening, professional development doesn't seem worth it, necessary, or even beneficial at all. 

If...

Elizabeth Jorgensen on implementing process-based assessment from Hacking Student Learning Habits. 

"This is my dream job."

It was a Wisconsin late-summer evening, and our school’s college essay workshop had just ended. “How can we get this to happen in the fall in our...