Deborah Yaffe
How K12 is outwitting anxiety
Last fall, a national problem arrived in Superintendent Richard Scaletta's corner of rural northwestern Pennsylvania. Principals in the General McLane School District began reporting unprecedented levels of misbehavior: students in frequent and severe distress, sometimes kicking, biting or throwing things.
No more zeros in K12 education
One education researcher calls it "the academic death penalty": A grade of zero on a 100-point scale, a mark that spells disaster for a...