Yet more evidence the West is losing its way: Schoolchildren can no longer be controlled
The answer, according to the government: Give the disruptive little darlings prizes! Baloney!

THE TELEGRAPH: Difficult and disruptive pupils should be praised and given prizes to encourage them to behave, Government guidance said yesterday.

A system of rewards - including good news postcards home, special privileges or prizes - is the best way to encourage troublemakers to behave, says the document on keeping order in class.

It urges schools to adopt a more positive approach that it suggests will help improve relations with parents "tired" of receiving letters about children's poor behaviour.

But the Department for Education document is likely to cause alarm among teachers, who have called for tough action to clamp down on increasingly violent pupils. Disruptive pupils 'should be given prizes’ by Liz Lightfoot and Graeme Paton

Mark Alexander