Progressive Discipline: Simple Systems for Safe, Learning-Focused Schools

Why predictable, progressive consequences are the key to safety and learning

Why so many administrators fell into the “send misbehaving students back to class with a snack” trap—and how to get out of it

The empirical evidence that consequences work—and why schools have hesitated to apply them consistently in recent years

What trauma-informed school discipline practice really looks like—and why it does not involve tolerating unsafe behavior

Misguided ideas from pop psychology that have undermined school safety, like “All behavior is communication of unmet needs,” and how to counter their messaging