# Richard Curwin

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{{Short description|American educationist (1944–2018)}}
'''Richard Curwin''' (May 25, 1944 – December 26, 2018<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/democratandchronicle/obituary.aspx?n=richard-curwin&pid=191226305&fhid=7324|title=Richard Curwin Obituary, Published in Rochester Democrat And Chronicle on Jan. 11, 2019|website=legacy.com}}</ref>) was an expert in the fields of [school discipline](/source/school_discipline) and [classroom management](/source/classroom_management), and taught at the [State University of New York at Geneseo](/source/State_University_of_New_York_at_Geneseo), the [National Technical Institute for the Deaf](/source/National_Technical_Institute_for_the_Deaf), [San Francisco State University](/source/San_Francisco_State_University) and [David Yellin College](/source/David_Yellin_College_of_Education) in Jerusalem.

==Biography==
Richard Curwin was born on May 25, 1944, in [Cambridge, Massachusetts](/source/Cambridge%2C_Massachusetts), and grew up in [Brookline, Massachusetts](/source/Brookline%2C_Massachusetts), where he attended [Brookline High School](/source/Brookline_High_School). He received his B.A. in English at [University of Massachusetts Amherst](/source/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst). He received his MA in education at the [Boston State College](/source/Boston_State_College) (now known as [University of Massachusetts Boston](/source/University_of_Massachusetts_Boston)) and then returned to the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, where he received his [Ed.D.](/source/Ed.D.)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.umass.edu/education/publications/OldAlumni/2006/Alumni%20Newsletter,%20School%20of%20Education%20-%20Summer%202006.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2007-07-15 |archive-date=2008-06-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080609143500/http://www.umass.edu/education/publications/OldAlumni/2006/Alumni%20Newsletter,%20School%20of%20Education%20-%20Summer%202006.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> He taught [seventh grade](/source/seventh_grade) English and a class for emotionally disturbed children, and later served as a professor of education at the [State University of New York at Geneseo](/source/State_University_of_New_York_at_Geneseo), the [National Technical Institute for the Deaf](/source/National_Technical_Institute_for_the_Deaf), and the [San Francisco State University](/source/San_Francisco_State_University).

He developed the "[Discipline with Dignity](/source/Discipline_with_Dignity)" methodology of classroom management with [Allen Mendler](/source/Allen_Mendler),<ref>Carol M. Charles, [https://books.google.com/books?id=CqOsAAAACAAJ&dq=%22Building+classroom+discipline%22&ie=ISO-8859-1 Building Classroom Discipline], 2007</ref> and presented seminars and workshops on the subject throughout the United States and Canada as well as in [Belgium](/source/Belgium), [Germany](/source/Germany), [Japan](/source/Japan), [Singapore](/source/Singapore), and [Israel](/source/Israel).

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