If you’ve been inside a classroom in the past 40 years, you have probably experienced a version of the Good Behavior Game. Although instructors have likely used similar methods since the dawn of ...

On a plain piece of yellow unframed computer paper, as you walk into my classroom, you will see my simple class rules. I mention them the first day of school, and then my students and I try to ...

One early norm—and measure of a child’s success in school—is whether he or she can sit still, pay attention to the teacher, and follow simple classroom rules.

Beyond basic classroom rules, these are the life lessons that teachers impart to our kids each and every day in schools across the country. Some of these rules are about fairness and right and ...