Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Gossiping How do I deal with the gossiping that goes on in class? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) The classroom is a safe place. Every student that walks into the classroom deserves to feel comfortable and safe. Explain to the students in the beginning of the year the policy you want to enforce. For gossiping, I would explain the difference between honesty and dishonesty. At the school I am interning at, they had a lesson on Honesty and each child was given a badge that had their name on it. I made a sign that said "We Are Honest" and hung the students badges under it with a magnet. If the student is not honest, and gossiping is considered dishonesty, I would take their name down. At the end of the week, the students still on the board get a prize.