South Carolina Middle School Program Aims To Teach Students Good Behavior

Education Week (10/26, Shah) reports that Haut Gap Middle School in Charleston, South Carolina, has a mandatory "course in how to be a Haut Gap student," in which students master "concepts such as how to own up to mistakes, accept feedback, and apologize appropriately. Those lessons are part of a schoolwide approach to addressing student behavior that Haut Gap has used for about five years: Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports, or PBIS." The article notes that local educators say that the program pays off with reduced discipline issues.