Welcome to today’s online chat about the behavior and discipline of prekindergarten children. This is a hot topic in education circles and one with implications that go far beyond the preschool years.

Advocates working to address school discipline disparities in Minnesota want to ban the use of suspensions for the state’s preschoolers, saying removing young students from the classroom mars their ...

An early education nonprofit has received $4 million from the U.S. Department of Education to research the impacts of “Conscious Discipline” teaching methods in the Dayton region. Preschool Promise ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

I spend time each month providing consultation to preschools to help them understand the root cause of the challenging behaviors in their classrooms and establish developmentally appropriate, ...

Challenging behavior among preschoolers isn’t easy to navigate. It can get especially frustrating if you feel your child is being unfairly disciplined in the classroom. Here are five takeaways from a ...

A state investigation has revealed that a former Buckhead preschool teacher did not abuse children in its program, but the school was still fined $299 because she inappropriately disciplined them.

The agency helping local Preschool Promise sites improve their quality said there are many obstacles in that process, but that Dayton’s program is breaking down some of those barriers. Vanessa Freytag ...