ROCK ISLAND -- Head Start preschoolers practicing ``conscious discipline'' are all smiles and giggles, and they love to sing. The new type of classroom creates a family-type arrangement where each ...

Enter the preschool classroom at Irving Elementary School and you will see youngsters solving problems. Not math problems or word problems, but the social problems many grown-ups still struggle with.

Conscious discipline instructor Amy Speidel said Thursday to more than 70 people “we’d have world peace” if people used social emotional learning to inspire children to think for themselves and manage ...