Lunch Detention as a Logical Consequence?
Date: January 14th, 2026
Sometimes a logical consequence is lunch detention. Here are some tips to make those lunch detentions work!
Don’t Give up Your Power!
Date: April 30th, 2025
When kids misbehave in your classroom, make sure they are accountable to YOU not someone else.
Ask Polly Bath: Logical Consequences?
Date: March 9th, 2025
Ask Polly Bath: Swearing in SEL Program?
Date: September 22nd, 2024
Polly answers the question: “I teach a program for kids who have significant social emotional challenges and they use foul language frequently. But if I used the standard approach with them, I’d have them in detention for swearing every day! How do I handle this?”
Late to Class…Again!
Date: November 8th, 2023
Ask Polly: Detention for Disruption?
Date: April 22nd, 2023
Polly answers the question: “I have a 6th grader who keeps disrupting my history class so I give her detentions. But I’m not seeing any improvements in her behavior. How do I get better results?”
Change Behaviors with Your Detentions
Date: April 10th, 2022
My Detentions Change Behavior!
Date: February 28th, 2021
Timing MATTERS When Giving a Detention!
Date: June 1st, 2019
This is how I handle giving a student a detention so they don’t check out on me for the rest of my class!
There Are Good Detentions and Bad Detentions
Date: January 9th, 2019
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