Preventing discipline problems is vital. It's better to learn why the barn door opened than to keep working on how to get the horse back in. We can learn from the fact that Johnny is often a brat in period 3 but usually an angel in period 4. It's also the area that education professors know least about. Administrators need to develop policies on rewards, punishments, and the definition of behavior problems with their teachers and then back up the teachers as they implement those policies.
Parental backup is important as well.
That's why they need administrative and parental backup. There's more violent behavior, more drug abuse, and more concern about students' carrying weapons. For the most part, however, only the content of the culture of children has changed. Inc. All Rights Reserved.