This definitive work about classroom management will show teachers how to turn their vision of respectful, friendly, academically rigorous classrooms into reality. The revised edition includes:

• Setting priorities and expectations with children
• Establishing classroom routines
• Generating rules with students and using logical consequences
• Working with families and staff to support the rules
• Planning and conducting social conferences and class meetings
• Avoiding power struggles
• Choosing effective teacher language and tone
• Helping children with challenging behavior problems

Ruth Charney gives teachers help on things that really matter. She wants children to learn how to care for themselves, their fellow students, their environment, and their work. Her book is loaded with practical wisdom. Using Charney's positive approach to classroom management will make the whole school day go better.

—Nel Noddings, Professor Emeritus, Stanford University, and author of Caring

Paperback, 448 pages

$32

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