Ready to reimagine discipline?
Empower educators with data-driven strategies for effective classroom management.
Educator Support Tips
A “team of experts in your pocket” that helps educators respond in the moment with targeted strategies that actually work.
Log Behavior with Clarity
Quickly capture what’s happening to get instant support.
Connections & Progressive Discipline
Progressive logical discipline that holds the student accountable, repairs harm, and helps get the student back on track.
Classroom Strategies to Admin Insight
Every action in the classroom becomes part of a bigger picture. Referrals, support requests, and behavior trends surface in real time. This gives school leaders the clarity in data, paths to support, and school-wide alignment.
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From our founder
Why We Built HighFive
"I spent years working with students that the system had written off. The tools we had made it easier to punish kids than to reach them — and I knew we could build something better."
Nathan Maynard is a youth advocate, author of Hacking School Discipline and The Science of Discipline, and the founder of HighFive. He started this company after a decade in K-12 to give educators a better way to support the students who need them most.
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Real results for real communities.
Results from an approach firmly rooted in pioneering research, evidence-based methods and over a hundred years of collective education experience.
What our customers are saying.
Builds relationships
Highfive helps build relationships, foster a safe environment, and gives students the tools to be successful members of society.
Teaches a new way
We couldn’t do what we do the way we get to do it without Highfive!
Flips tradition
This is a flip on the traditional approach to discipline, focusing on the intrinsic ability of young people to learn and overcome difficulties
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Effective discipline builds community.
Reduction in Suspensions and Expulsions
In Denver Public Schools, restorative practices led to a 45% reduction in out-of-school suspensions. This approach particularly benefited Black students and students with disabilities, with a 77% and 79% reduction in suspensions, respectively.
Decrease in Violent Incidents
The Oakland Unified School District saw a 40% decrease in violent incidents over five years after implementing restorative practices.
Increased Student Engagement and Academic Performance
Restorative practices are linked to increased student engagement and academic performance. In some schools, academic performance improved by 28% alongside a reduction in violent incidents.
We have found that it takes educators less than 3 minutes to do classwide check-ins. Over time, it creates more instructional time to do what teachers do - teach!
Absolutely. This has been designed based on our co-founders' research on creating healthy ecosystems in classrooms, schools, and districts. It helps us create a common language and consistency around supporting all students.
We provide you the data to make discipline decisions fast with live actionable data as teachers learn best practices.