My daughter started fifth grade this month with a wonderful new teacher and, to my delight, the absence of one of the most annoyingly ubiquitous “tools” in modern classrooms today: the behavior chart.

Imagine this: You’re sitting in a faculty meeting, bored and tired. As your principal talks, gesturing at PowerPoint slides, your mind starts to wander. You furtively pull out your phone and check ...

Reward charts are a mainstay of modern parenting. Stickers are commonly used in order to tame toddlers, stop tantrums and encourage kids to eat up their food, tidy their rooms and work hard at school.

Vanessa Lapointe, author of the new book Discipline Without Damage, said parents need to see that a child's behaviour is just a result of their brains developing and figuring out how to exist in the ...

I’m pleased to publish this guest post by my colleague Heather Bleakley Chang, who served 11 years as a K-2 teacher and school leader in Philadelphia, and now supports schools as a consultant ...

Parents often resort to a barrage of rewards and punishments to address bad behaviour. But a new book lays out an entirely different approach to discipline You can save this article by registering for ...

This post is in response to What’s Wrong With Sticker Charts and Reward Systems? By Eileen Kennedy-Moore Ph.D. Last week, 9-year-old James came into my office beaming. It was the first time I had met ...

You’ve heard this common advice: If you want your child to do something, set up a reward system. Give her a sticker or a point every time she does it. If she gets a certain number of them, she can ...

A PRIMARY school in West Oxford is trialling the use of a class behaviour chart displaying the names of pupils. Ofsted has rated West Oxford Community Primary School in Ferry Hinksey Road good, with ...

Chuck E. Cheese is offering a good behavior and grade rewards program. Go here to check it out. Simply print the chart and help your child fill it out. Once it's completed take it to the nearest CC ...