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PROOF POINTS: Borrowing a page from marriage therapy in the classroom

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Experts argue over whether the best classroom-management approach is a consistent, strict discipline or a more forgiving response where students discuss their grievances with an adult’s guidance, a process called restorative justice. Credit: Photo by Allison Shelley/The Verbatim Agency for EDUimages.

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3 studies argue against fidget spinners in the classroom

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26, 2019 in the Journal of Applied Cognitive Psychology, looked at what happened when researchers randomly gave fidget spinners to college students and had them watch educational videos in a laboratory setting at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Assigning them active classroom jobs, such as being the door opener, can help too.

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TEACHER VOICE: When it comes to teacher training, the U.S. could learn a thing or two from Canada

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In my own teacher training many years ago, I took various courses in curriculum theory, classroom management, education history and educational psychology along with content-based courses like political science, economics and history. Related: Will high school segregation for refugees lead to better integration?