School discipline has always been a topic of debate. This article will discuss how school discipline works, school discipline with detention, school discipline with suspension, school discipline with expulsion, and other considerations.


The purpose of school discipline to ensure that the school is a safe environment and to make learning possible. The issues range from very mild situations when a student needs to be reminded to work more quietly in order not to disturb others to problems on a larger scale, involving criminal action on school property and necessitating the participation of law enforcement. Here is an overview of school discipline.

The year round school debate has been around for many years. Some schools participate in year round school, while some traditional schools do not want the change. This article offers pros and cons of the year round school debate.

Education reform is in the news every day. In this article we discuss school choice (public, magnet, charter), school financial reform, standards-based education (NCLB), SAT,ACT, and AP testing, and our 21st century classroom.

Literacy Statistics: Literacy means the ability to read and write. Literacy is one of the top goals of education. United States literacy rates and literacy statistics around the world by country. Get the highest and lowest rates of illiteracy by country. This article provides literacy statistics.

School violence is a problem in both public and private schools. Find the school violence statistics, types of school violence, and causes of school violence. Help prevent and stop school violence.

Every school has a bully. School bullying can vary in severity from verbal name-calling to violence. This article contains statistics on bullies. Keep reading to find more facts on school bullying and what you can do to prevent bullying.

School bullying can involve a number of different behaviors, from verbal (such as threatening, teasing, name-calling, making sexual remarks, spreading rumors, or bad-mouthing someone) to disrespecting personal property (such as stealing or damaging possessions) to violence (such as hitting or otherwise harming).

Dyslexia learning disability is one type of learning disability that affects a number of children and teenagers. Read more about dyslexia and how it can affect your child or teens educational efforts. Dyslexia means poor language. Find out more...

A learning disability - also called a learning disorder or a learning difference - is an issue that affects how a person understands, remembers, and/or reacts to new information. Another way of putting this is that they may have problems with getting information to their brains, processing that information, or communicating about that information. Because these three activities are at the heart of learning, a learning disability can profoundly affect a child’s educational efforts. Learning disabilities are defined in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).

What are perceptual disabilities? Perceptual disabilities are one of the types of learning disorders or learning disabilities. Perceptual disabilities refers to the way a student perceives what they are being taught, usually in school.

Our last article had information on types of brain injuries. This article has more about brain injury. Keep reading to learn about Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) symptoms, initial treatment, preventing brain injury, and brain injury statistics.

If brain injury of any kind is suspected, medical care should be sought as quickly as possible. Because 50% of people who end up dying from a Traumatic Brain Injury do so within 2 hours of the injury, on-scene treatment has been made more of a priority.

Symptoms can include changes in behavior, physical problems such as headaches, dizziness, and lack of balance, nausea, and blurred vision, and cognitive issues, such as attention, memory, or concentration issues.

What is brain injury? There are two basic types of brain injury. Most brain injuries are a result of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). This article offers information on both types, effects of brain injury, and brain injury and special education.

Medically, brain injury refers to any kind of injury to the brain. There are two overarching types of brain injury. Brain injury can result from a variety of acquired causes, including poisoning, lack of oxygen, a tumor, a stroke, or infection. Such an injury can occur before or during birth. The most frequent cause of brain injury, however is Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). Traumatic Brain Injury results from an external physical force.

There are different types of traumatic brain injury. Brain injuries are classified as closed or open. A Closed Head Injury (CHI) means that the skull is intact. An example is a car accident or a child being shaken. Open means that the skull has been penetrated. An example is a gunshot wound in the head. Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (MTBI), Post-Concussion Syndrome (PCS) and other more serious injuries may result from trauma to the brain