Enables K-12 educators to create successful learning communities — a fully updated new edition

Effective classroom management plans are essential for creating environments that foster appropriate social interactions and engaged learning for students in K-12 settings. New and early-career teachers often face difficulties addressing student discipline, upholding classroom rules and procedures, and establishing positive teacher-student relationships. The eighth edition of Classroom Management is the leading resource for helping educators establish a positive classroom environment, prevent student misbehavior, respond to challenging situations, and involve their students in building positive classroom communities.

This popular textbook covers every vital aspect of classroom management, from planning for the school year and conducting instruction, to managing diverse classrooms and collaborating with colleagues and families. Fully revised to reflect recent changes in K-12 education and address the needs of today’s educators, this edition features new and updated methods with a new emphasis on student well-being, equity, student diversity, connecting with and supporting students, and creating an inclusive classroom. Written by a respected expert in teaching methods and classroom management, this valuable teacher’s reference:

• Provides comprehensive coverage of the central concepts of classroom management and discipline in K-12 classrooms with practical, classroom-oriented discussions.
• Reflects current InTASC Model Core Teaching Standards and Praxis assessments
• Features descriptions of classroom management methods used by elementary, middle, and high school teachers in various regions and communities
• Includes a new emphasis on student well-being, equity, motivation, and meeting student needs when applying classroom management strategies
• Offers end-of-chapter summaries, questions, supplemental activities, further reading suggestions, and complete references
• Is reader-friendly and accessible due to its numerous features, tables, lists of recommendations, and headings and subheadings.

Classroom Management: Creating a Successful K-12 Learning Community, Eighth Edition is an ideal text for teachers in training and early career K-12 educators.

PAUL R. BURDEN is an award-winning teacher and an emeritus professor in the College of Education at Kansas State University, where he was a professor and assistant dean. Previously, he was a middle-level science teacher. His publications include Methods for Effective Teaching (2025, Pearson) and Powerful Classroom Management Strategies: Motivating Students to Learn (2000, Corwin Press). He served for 11 years as the editor of the Journal of Staff Development, a quarterly journal sponsored by the National Staff Development Council/Learning Forward.