"As times and students change, teachers are finding that the old methods of anger and intimidation are no longer working for classroom management. Discipline without Anger shows teachers how to successfully manage student misbehavior so that they can be free to teach at their full potential. Without a change, our schools and students will continue to suffer the consequences"--Provided by publisher.

"In this dazzling debut, Carla Shalaby, a former elementary school teacher, explores the everyday lives of four young "troublemakers," challenging the ways we identify and understand so-called problem children. Time and again, we make seemingly endless efforts to moderate, punish, and even medicate our children, when we should instead be concerned with transforming the very nature of our institutions, systems, and structures, large and small. Through...