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When a Tiny Fraction of Teachers File Most School Discipline Referrals

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The effects of such practices can reverberate throughout a student’s life, according to the American Psychological Association, leading to worse mental health and lower grades. “We Black students made up only 7 percent of students in the district and 12 percent of students in top-referring teachers’ classrooms.

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A weekly meetup aims to keep black male teachers in the classroom

The Hechinger Report

Dixon, an assistant professor of developmental psychology at Hampton University, said retention efforts like the one in Mississippi ultimately need buy-in from administrators too. School leaders, he said, should question whether they’ve set up environments that allow teachers to link their values and beliefs to the classroom.

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3 studies argue against fidget spinners in the classroom

The Hechinger Report

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

The Hechinger Report

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?