Many of you have complained to 7News about violent outbursts in local classrooms and misbehaving kids that present major challenges for teachers and students.
7News is asking for your solutions to the problem, and here’s what you’re telling us.
Louisecat said parents need to do a better job of raising their children.
“The parents need to take an active role and disciplining them and teaching them respect so when they do go to school, they know what to do.”
A retired educator and administrator told us:
“If we don’t create and enforce stricter policies on parents, then the lack of structured and disciplined parenting won’t change. If parenting doesn’t change, then children won’t change!”
AWilsonn wrote, “Teachers spend 4 years in college; if they aren’t learning to deal with disruptive students, what are they learning?”
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7News also spoke to an education expert about the problem. Dr. Monique Green has worked as an educational consultant and adjunct professor at American, Trinity Washington, and Catholic universities in D.C.
She now teaches undergraduate and graduate education students at SUNY Brockport in New York what they need to know about controlling a classroom and managing misbehaving kids.
She told us bad behavior is often a cry for help and said teachers should closely observe their students to pick up possible warning signs.
“What behaviors are the students demonstrating that are different than what they typically demonstrate? Because a lot of times if you can identify that early, then you can have something in place for the student that will kind of cut down on the students’ misbehavior exacerbating,” she said.
Dr. Green also supports a strong home-school connection and encourages parents to stay involved with their child’s teacher and the school administration.
If you or your child has had a problem with a student misbehaving, we want to hear from you.