More Teaching And Less Policing

How many students were suspended or expelled from your school last year? Do you have students who misbehave in your class? How often is instruction interrupted by students being disruptive or disrespectful? Do you know what to do when rules and consequences are not enough to reduce discipline problems? In "More Teaching and Less Policing," Regenia M. Rawlinson explores how meeting the needs of students can decrease discipline problems. Many students come to school with unfulfilled needs. Frustrated when their desires are ignored, some children exhibit unacceptable behavior. The question educators must ask is, "How can we provide for some of these needs in school?" Rawlinson attempts to answer this question in "More Teaching and Less Policing," When the needs of students are met, behavior improves.