Moms – Elisa Cinelli
“It turns out that punishing the whole class for the actions of a few kids is not effective. Teachers use this discipline tactic to take advantage of peer pressure. Unfortunately, it does not improve behavior, and it just makes everyone miserable. Teachers have used collective punishment as part of standard discipline forever. Here is how it works: one of a few students break a rule in some way. In response, the teacher holds the whole class from recess or otherwise punishes the group.” (more)