Welcome to Responsive Classroom! The Responsive Classroom approach to teaching is based on the premise that children learn best when they have both academic and social-emotional skills. Responsive Classroom practices help teachers and schools build children’s academic and social-emotional competencies and can be used along with many other programs.

Our services include Responsive Classroom courses for teachers and on-site consulting for schools and districts. We also publish award-winning books, DVDs, and other products, including resources for school-based study groups.

Press Releases

• January 19, 2012 Responsive Classroom Summer Enrollment Now Open:
Professional Development for Elementary Educators
• November 7, 2011 Classroom Management Help for New Teachers with Book Series from Responsive Classroom
• October 19, 2011 Teaching Discipline in Elementary Schools: Responsive Classroom Provides New Professional Development Resource
• September 8, 2011 Responsive Classroom Welcomes Nation’s Teachers Back to School, Offers Free Resources
• July 29, 2011 Positive Schoolwide Discipline Possible with New Approach
• June 8, 2011 Responsive Classroom Schools Conference to Convene in Delaware

About Responsive Classroom

Video, fact sheets, and white papers on the Responsive Classroom approach

The Research

Links to research associating the Responsive Classroom approach with higher academic achievement, fewer behavior problems, and more high quality instruction

Where to Find Us

Upcoming conferences where we will be exhibiting

Recent News & Reviews

• The city's longest-tenured principal to retire, Star Tribune (Minneapolis), February 2012.
• A Cure for the Common Bully, Lexington Family Magazine, January 2012.
• Teachers Learn New Approach To Classroom Practices, thedailyleicester.com (Leicester MA), January 2012.
• Responsive Classroom, A New Approach to Teaching, HCAM-TV (Hopkinton MA), December 2011.
• Responsive Classsroom at Sayre: New Program Blends Character Building With Academics, lexingtonfamily.com, November 2011.
• Educators at city school face steep, uphill climb, toledoBlade.com, November 2011.
• APW Implements Responsive Classroom to Grades K–6, oswegocountytoday.com, October 2011.
• Students going to "mix it up" to foster school spirit, newburyportnews.com, October 2011.
• Goldie Hawn Plunges into Brain Science, scientificamerican.com blog, September 2011.
• Riverwood leader named state "Principal of Year," commercialappeal.com, September 2011.
• A lesson in "the Vermont way," rutlandherald.com, September 2011.
• Inclusive Classrooms: achieving success for all students. Institute on Community Integration, University of Minnesota website, September 2011.

Media Contact
Richard Henning, Director of Marketing
800-360-6332, ext. 111
Please contact Richard for review copies and/or interviews and information.