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It’s Time to Soften Schools, Not Harden Them

ED Surge

An example of the benefits is the case of Think Equal , a global education initiative endorsed by the United Nations Human Rights Office, teaching social emotional learning to 3-5 year olds. The program increases emotional regulation and reduces challenging behaviors in children themselves, but also in surrounding communities.

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Congratulations to the 2024 APSA Award Winners

Political Science Now

Lowi First Book Award for the best first book in any field of political science, showing promise of having substantive impact on the overall discipline Recipient: Rochelle Terman, University of Chicago Title: The Geopolitics of Shaming: When Human Rights Pressure Works – and When It Backfires (Princeton University Press) Victoria Schuck Award for the (..)

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‘State-sanctioned violence:’ Inside one of the thousands of schools that still paddles students

The Hechinger Report

She argues, in line with the international human rights position, that children are citizens, too, and deserve to be treated with dignity and respect. A Human Rights Watch report from 2008 chronicles more accounts in a section titled “‘The Devil’s Bargain’: Choosing to be Beaten.