Hacking School Discipline

Hack 1

Let’s Talk

Create a culture of communication to resolve conflict

Children today are not the same as we were during our school years; the world they operate within is more complex, competitive, and accessible.

According to the Primary Sources: 2012 report, more than half of all teachers wish they could spend less time disciplining students throughout the day.

Restorative justice takes situations that otherwise might result in a student being removed from class, and instead presents ways to teach the student how to repair the harm that was done, and continue forward.

In this case, the old mantra of carrot-and-stick discipline doesn’t address the problem. Instead, it actually creates more opposition, exclusion, and labeling.