His point about banning erasers in the classroom are part of a wider debate about moving away from just grades and work on building character in students to prepare them for their working lives.

Is he correct, and should erasers be banned from the classroom? "I think banning erasers is a draconian action," says John Coe, a spokesman for the National Association for Primary Education (NAPE).

It turns out the biggest obstacle to your child's future development when at school lies in the hands of the humble eraser. Forget schoolyard bullies, or oversized and under resourced classrooms.

The solution is probably not to encourage teachers to bean kids with erasers. But something is ... Duncan has acknowledged what a huge issue classroom management has become. To help improve ...

What could be more magic, after all, than the eraser—the little wad of rubber that undoes your mistakes and changes, mark by tiny little pencil mark, human history? 1. The original erasers were ...