Rebora, A. (2018, June 27). Instructional Coaches Dissect Classroom-Management Challenges. Retrieved January 16, 2019

“Probably the biggest issue with which I struggle as a teacher is classroom management,” Ilana Garon, an accomplished high school English teacher in New York City, recently admitted on her blog. There’s plenty of evidence to suggest that she’s not alone. A 2011 survey of teachers and school administrators by Staff Development for Educators, for example, found that 86 percent of respondents cited classroom management as one of the biggest challenges facing new teachers.