In a Wall Street Journal report on teacher burnout, the number one cause of job-related stress in teachers is student behavior - not low pay or long hours – just dealing with the kids.

Here are seven reasons teachers need to trash the behavior charts. 1. They’re demeaning. Rewards are for training pets, not people. You give your dog a command, he obeys, you offer praise.

Teachers Who Praise Students Get a 30 Percent Increase in Good Behavior, Study Finds Praising students as opposed to reprimanding them in the classroom can help teachers see improved focus and ...

And while each educator – a preschool teacher, a middle school teacher and a high school teacher – had their own style, all three said some version of this: “Breathe. The kid’s crisis is not your ...

Teachers who attended the meeting cited lack of support from administrators and student behavior as top reasons why they are fleeing the district. Superintendent Michelle Rodriguez insisted otherwise.

Teachers quit teaching because of student behavior problems and other reasons. I served as a behavior specialist for the schools. There were just two for 40,000 students.

She also says that teachers are quitting left and right because of a lack of consequences in school when kids do something terrible. "If we had clearer and better consequences that would deter bad ...

Jennifer Mortensen, Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Science and Melissa Burnham, Professor and Department Chair of Human Development and Family Science, are two of the five authors ...

As teachers go back into the classroom with students, Maynard said what he would like to see is more of an investment in the overall well-being of students and in the personnel in the school that ...

In a Wall Street Journal report on teacher burnout, the number one cause of job-related stress in teachers is student behavior. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 23:40:49 GMT (1751499649644) Story Infinite Scroll ...