Educators creating safe, challenging, and joyful elementary schools

The Responsive Classroom approach is a widely used, research-backed approach to elementary education that increases academic achievement, decreases problem behaviors, improves social skills, and leads to more high-quality instruction.

 

 

 

Students reading together

From the Classroom

Creating a Quiet Place

 

Responsive Classroom teachers guide students to imagine and capture a personal "quiet place" as part of building the skills of self-control.

Responsive Classroom® is the licensed trademark/service mark of the Northeast Foundation for Children.

Teachers Talk about the Responsive Classroom Approach

"The Responsive Classroom approach creates an ideal environment for learning-every teacher should know about it."

–Daniel Goleman, author