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Should taxpayers and schools invest in ‘growth mindset’ programs?

The Hechinger Report

“We didn’t find evidence for profound effects and large gains,” said Brooke Macnamara, a Case Western psychology professor and lead author of the study , published in the April 2018 issue of Psychological Science. The federal government is funding a $3.5 “It couldn’t possibly work everywhere.

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How a disgraced method of diagnosing learning disabilities persists in our nation’s schools

The Hechinger Report

A cross-section of a brain scan sits on the desk of Tim Odegard, a professor of psychology at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro. government in 1977 asked that schools look for a “severe discrepancy between levels of ability and achievement” when screening children for learning disabilities.

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‘They’re so weary’: Louisiana teachers recover from back-to-back hurricanes during the pandemic

The Hechinger Report

Residents say the federal government has been slow to respond, and with so much rental housing destroyed , housing options are limited. In many ways, teachers are frontline mental health workers,” said Betty Lai, a psychology professor at Boston College who researches the mental health impacts of natural disasters on children.

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Colleges start looking for ways to house and feed their students who are homeless

The Hechinger Report

In some cases, colleges and universities are trying to avoid losing enrollment; not surprisingly, students in unstable living environments or who can’t afford food have poorer physical health, symptoms of depression, and psychological stress and are more likely to drop out , research shows. z Development, a private developer.

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What has happened when campuses shut down for other disasters? A coronavirus case study

The Hechinger Report

Officials at Butte College gathered one fall Wednesday in 2018 for a tabletop exercise in disaster planning. And as government funding also fell, tuition doubled. Now it’s more dealing with it psychologically than physically,” Bryan says. Now it’s more dealing with it psychologically than physically.”. OROVILLE, Calif.

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The debate over students with learning disabilities, suspensions and race

The Hechinger Report

Indeed, the Obama administration was so worried that black kids with learning disabilities were getting suspended from school too often that it used the nation’s laws that govern educating students with disabilities to create a new rule for states to monitor discipline rates among racial and ethnic groups.

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What I Learned From My Students Who Became Teachers

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Gariecia Rose: a current World History and Government/American Law teacher at Glenbard East High School in Lombard, Illinois. Nick Davis: currently a World Studies, AP Psychology and Black Studies teacher at Von Steuben High School in Chicago. Victoria formally taught in New Orleans, and this is her third year in the profession.