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DECEMBER 17, 2020

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. In many ways, teachers are frontline mental health workers” Betty Lai, a psychology professor at Boston College.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 19, 2020

When puberty hits, the brain reorganizes dramatically, said Laurence Steinberg, a professor of psychology at Temple University, who specializes in adolescence. Related: Why the preteen years are a critical period for brain development.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Education wonks have long raised the alarm about how school discipline is applied unequally among students of different racial and ethnic groups, with Black students facing a disproportionate number of office discipline referrals (ODRs). The study on “frequent teacher referrers” was published in the journal Education Researcher this summer.

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K-12 Middle School Psychology Classroom Management 118

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Scientific research on how to teach critical thinking contradicts education trends. Daniel Willingham, a professor of psychology at the University of Virginia, makes the case that one of the biggest education trends — critical thinking — isn’t taught properly in schools.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2020

I actually trained in developmental psychology, not in psychometrics, which I decided to do after a few years as a special ed teacher when I was really young. Why did you decide to become an expert in testing when you’re so critical of it? I’m not a critic of testing. I’m a critic of the misuse of testing. There were two camps.

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Civics Psychology Education Policy Teaching 107

ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

For educators like Aion and Bowyer, the expectation that public education would “return to normal” is one of the factors that pushed them out of the profession.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

The director of professional development formed faculty book clubs to discuss Claude Steele’s “ Whistling Vivaldi ,” a book about “stereotype threat,” which is a psychological theory about how minorities perform worse in environments where people like them traditionally don’t succeed.

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Tutoring Psychology High School Research 108

ED Surge

JANUARY 12, 2023

Nearly three-quarters of college students said they had experienced moderate to serious psychological distress during the pandemic, according to the National College Health Assessment , a study of more than 33,000 students at 41 higher ed institutions conducted by the American College Health Association in fall 2021.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 11, 2016

It’s possible that psychological and bureaucratic barriers add to these hurdles: if paraprofessionals don’t see further education and upward mobility as possibilities, they may never make it into those roles. Kaylan Connally is a policy analyst in the Education Policy Program at New America.

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Psychology Economics Education Policy Teaching 51

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 8, 2018

billion a year, collectively, in foregone tuition, according to a review of 1,669 institutions by the Educational Policy Institute. For example, it found, more than 70 percent of faculty and staff didn’t feel qualified to recognize signs of psychological distress in student veterans. Students who leave cost colleges $16.5

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Tradition Psychology Cultures Education Policy 89

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 17, 2015

I think it’s more psychological than physical. University research and policy in an era of advocacy philanthropists and agenda-setting organizations. Foundations such as Gates and Lumina are bigger, more influential, more strategic, and directly involved in shaping federal and state education policy (K-16).

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Crystal Colter, psychology professor at Maryville College in Maryville, Tennessee, plans to spend this year on sabbatical helping Hispanic students in nearby Lenoir City High School get ready for college. It’s at a lower price point, and gets them a job, and the potential of gaining additional education.” Photo: Jesse Pratt.

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K-12 High School Psychology History 105

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Data on boys’ underachievement also have often been historically overlooked in media attention and educational policies. Some writers even argue that boys’ educational struggles aren’t “worrisome” because “the workplace is still stacked against [women].”. David Miller , Doctoral Student in Psychology, Northwestern University.

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Elementary School Psychology Research Education Policy 59

The Hechinger Report

MAY 9, 2017

Fannie Lou Hamer is a small public high school that utilizes several progressive educational philosophies; the school’s innovations have led to it being named a “Gold” School of Opportunity by the National Education Policy Center in 2015 and a “model school” by the Center for Reform of School Systems in 2016.

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Elementary School Psychology Tradition Professional Development 68

ED Surge

AUGUST 23, 2023

Making College the Default While SUNY has called its plan “automatic admission,” it is more so a “direct admission” plan, according to Taylor Odle, assistant professor of educational policy studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who has studied these plans in multiple states.

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High School Psychology Research Education Policy 98

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Miriam Greenberg, director of education and communications at Harvard’s Center for Education Policy Research. Also, there’s a psychological factor. “They’re trying to develop in students and teachers and principals the need to have data to make better decisions.”.

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Public School Middle School Lesson Plan Psychology 78

The Hechinger Report

JULY 22, 2016

“There is a whole host of questions students and families can’t answer when they’re trying to make their college decisions,” said Mamie Voight, director of policy research at the Institute for Higher Education Policy. It’s often been taken for granted that going to any college will have a strong payoff,” Voight said.

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American History Government Advocacy Psychology 49

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Nicole Buff got a bachelor’s degree in criminology and psychology at Indiana State University just as the last recession started. All three previously earned bachelor’s degrees and now are training to become firefighters. Credit: Molly Haley for The Hechinger Report.

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High School Anthropology Political Science Psychology 145

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2024

he said, noting that fields like literature, anthropology and psychology also grapple with issues of race, gender and sexuality. But more disturbing, he said, “was the absolute silence on behalf of our administrators” who failed to defend the field or challenge state “meddling” in campus curriculum. What’s next?”

Sociology 128

Sociology Advocacy Anthropology Government 128

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 29, 2021

Kids were busting into Zoom meetings across the country at that point in the pandemic, but for Kelley, whose job is to help design California’s statewide education policy, and her female colleagues, the situation held special resonance. “We Hers is a distinctly powerful position. Credit: Tanya Lieberman. Credit: Tim Kelley.

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Education Education Policy Sociology Cultures 143

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Of course, there are critics who disagree with an analysis that is focused on measuring completion of four-year degrees. “Free community college is first and foremost about getting them to come to college in the first place.”

Sociology 94

Sociology Psychology Education Policy High School 94

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Black males exhibit risk-taking behaviors more frequently than their female peers according to findings in the Journal of Black Psychology and Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health. Related: Don’t ever conflate disaster recovery with education reform. The isolation is not without consequence.

Psychology 63

Psychology Elementary School Economics Education Policy 63

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Related: Inside Florida’s ‘underground lab’ for far-right education policies After Meryl came out to family and friends in fifth grade, the bullying at school intensified, Ketron and Gwenn, Meryl’s younger sister, recalled. Few adults in Meryl’s schools took action to stop it, they said. Some families have sued.

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Library Advocacy High School Psychology 138

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Chatfield High School in Minnesota doesn’t offer sociology (or German, or criminology, for that matter), but when senior Keagan Clarke, 18, finished a fall semester class in psychology, his teacher suggested he try sociology.

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Charter School Sociology Tutoring Psychology 81

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

” may be a way of sidestepping catastrophic thinking , a common feature of psychological anxiety in which people systematically and irrationally overstate the likelihood of a negative event. Related: President Elect Trump selects Betsy DeVos as new education secretary, ushering in a new era.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2016

That information just isn’t available at most schools, said Mamie Voight, director of policy research at the Institute for Higher Education Policy in Washington. Case Western Reserve senior Evangelina Din, 21, is majoring in cognitive science and psychology with a pre-med focus. But it should be, she said.

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Humanities Economics Anthropology History 73