Internet, Discipline, Finance

Beyond the ban

• laws like FERPA, COPPA, CIPA sparked bans
• "Common Sense" policy to teach safety 
• Red, yellow, green internet access zones
• Teach responsibility and better judgement

Beyond the ban

• Students can access internet on mobile devices
• Need to control and monitor internet access
• Teachers act as models of good behavior
• More responsibility and better judgement
• Engage in meaningful learning

Beyond Zero tolerance

• "Get tough" and "zero tolerance" policies
• Such policies ineffective
• higher expulsion rate, lower test scores
• Black students expelled 3.5xs more than white students
• School to prison pipeline

aLTERNATIVE APPROACHES

• Teach students the harm their behavior causes
• use non-threatening tone
• build relationships with disruptive students
• keep students challenged to reduce boredom
• use peer mediation

Elementary financial literacy

• Matched Savings Programs: 
• improve attitudes and knowledge on money
• Money as you Grow:
• age appropriate activities written for parents
• relates work ethic and money

Elementary Financial literacy

• My Classroom Economy:
• students "paid" for doing classroom jobs
• Money as you Learn:
• connects common core to real life
• teaches students to make smart financial decisions