OMAHA, Neb. | Some Nebraska schools may have students play a game next year that officials say helps disruptive students behave and can potentially prevent violence, drug abuse and suicide.

A new game is helping elementary students not only learn, but behave better as well. The PAX Good Behavior Game is being introduced to Elkhart County public schools and is an innovative approach ...

The game “helps students to learn what good behavior is,” said Mary Ann Losh, administrator of equity and instructional strategies for the Nebraska Department of Education.

Some schools in New Mexico have begun implementing a classroom program that reduces the chances of children becoming criminals later in life.This unique teaching method, called the PAX Good ...

Twenty-five local elementary teachers from Springfield and Clark County schools participated in a full-day seminar Wednesday to learn how to implement a culturally responsive, effective practice ...

Studies may have shown that the Good Behavior Game works (“A classroom game shows good behavior is child’s play,” March 7), but common sense would tell you that it could have disastrous ...

Good behavior isn’t innate, and positive peer pressure does work. Apparently the good behavior game is well-known enough to have a great deal of research behind it .

The Good Behavior Game requires teachers to divide students into competing teams. The best-behaving team will be rewarded with prizes and privileges. Teams will be penalized for violating class rules.