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The simple two-letter word was all it took to set off chaos at Heritage Rose Elementary last week. About a hundred children were sitting cross-legged in a hallway, ready to be dismissed to go home, ...

Experts say time-outs can be used effectively to manage children’s behaviors, but they should be done in a non-punitive way. The method: “It's really just saying to your child… ‘You hit your sister’, ...

In fact, discipline can make students feel disconnected from their schools and push them to skip class or drop out. “There's really a mismatch…I don't think that these bills, unfortunately, are going ...