School discipline is key to retaining teachers, boosting outcomes

School discipline is key to retaining teachers, boosting outcomes
School discipline is key to retaining teachers, boosting outcomes

As policymakers seek to improve the poor academic outcomes in Oklahoma’s public schools, strengthening teachers’ ability to maintain discipline will be a key component of that effort.

State Rep. Rob Hall, R-Tulsa, recently led a legislative study exploring that challenge.

“A well-ordered classroom is a precondition of effective instruction,” Hall said. “It is the foundation upon which all other educ…