news flash

     Addition to my Dead Horse Museum (a.ka. Classroom Practices that Just Don't Work): taking away recess.
    I have given it a good try. And it did help me start a simple system of tracking student misbehavior.
    But by the time that first recess bell rings, I'm tired of wrangling with the same kids. We both need a break from one another. And over the trial period, I haven't seen much of a drop in misbehavior.
    That doesn't mean that miscreants will be freed to play. I'm looking into setting up some kind of community service for them to complete instead -- maybe picking up rubbish or wiping shelves in the library.