Depression can manifest itself in many different ways, one of which is cognitively. Impaired attention, memory, concentration, and decision-making are all signs that may be present in someone who is ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A special task force to look into student behavior, mental health, and discipline held its first meeting at the Louisiana State Capitol on Thursday, July 14. The panel will ...

The number of times a teacher compliments or recognizes a student’s good behavior, compared to how often the teacher reprimands the student, the more likely that student is going to stay focused on ...

The study found that when middle school teachers praised students at least as often as they reprimanded them, class-wide on-task behavior improved by 60–70%. Students speaking out of turn, texting, ...

Further, teachers often expect that by middle school, kids are old enough to behave without being coddled. As a result, positive reinforcement techniques widely used in elementary school are often ...

In the spring, fidget spinners were spinning through classrooms across the country, much to many teachers’ annoyance. They were the latest craze in a series of educational products to help students ...

LSU's highly anticipated action plan to eliminate hazing and other dangerous fraternity and sorority behaviors is being delayed by three weeks, the school announced Monday. LSU President F. King ...