Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. President Trump holds a signed executive order relating to school discipline policies as Education Secretary Linda McMahon watches ...

In the span of four months, I witnessed constant student fights, girls skipping class to hang out in the restroom to make TikTok videos, boys watching pornography on school-issued Chromebooks, ...

Jal: As with many of the things we discuss here, restorative justice is an idea that is admirable in theory but difficult to pull off in practice, in particular because it is so misaligned with much ...

In “Straight Talk with Rick and Jal,” Harvard University’s Jal Mehta and I examine some of the reforms and enthusiasms that permeate education. In a field full of buzzwords and jargon, our goal is ...

Jen Bondeson’s May 25 article “[E]ducators discuss state’s proposed discipline policies” covered a recent discussion about proposed changes to Maryland’s education laws. The changes would further ...

Violating a school dress code. Using a cellphone in class. Mouthing off at a teacher. There was a time when that kind of behavior, called "willfully defiant" conduct, would get a California public ...