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The Seeds of Innovation

A Principal's Reflections

Then, I gave my students several examples of how they could use this website in their elementary school classrooms. is an Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology at Queens College, CUNY. Also, his research looks at race, social class, and gender in educational settings. Franklin Dickerson Turner, Ph.D.

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How to Design Educational Technology Products to Motivate Students

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Given students’ interest in technology, educational technology tools are a promising way to motivate them to learn. Learning games that have compelling, obvious goals are significantly more popular among elementary school children than those that don’t. Psychological Inquiry,11(4), 227–268. Boggiano, A.

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One Year After Uvalde, a Reminder That ‘Trauma Has Tentacles’

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This week marks one year since an unspeakable act of violence was carried out in an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. One year since a gunman stole the lives of 19 fourth graders and two teachers at Robb Elementary. Children at Robb Elementary were of course most acutely affected by the shooting in Uvalde.

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I Used to Struggle With Where to Send My Kids to School. Now I Struggle With Sending Them at All.

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Still, our school system’s over-reliance on punishment and obedience makes me worry about the impact on my kids. Would school eventually dim the unabashed and loud joy from my child? What psychological and spiritual damage would this cause? There was a school shooting in Texas. An elementary school.” “No…

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This School Counselor Says Her Job Is Heavy, But It’s Also ‘Soul Building’

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As a school counselor, Leighanne Mainguy can never be sure what’s in store for her each day. Some days, she arrives at her elementary school to learn that a student is in crisis and needs her full attention; she’ll clear her schedule. Now we're in elementary schools, we're in middle schools, we're in high schools.

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After a Decade Working in Mental Health, This Future Teacher Is Headed for the Classroom

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More than a decade after earning his bachelor’s degree in psychology, Davenport is a student once again, pursuing his license to become a high school special education teacher. I still didn't really know what I wanted to do, but psychology definitely grabbed my attention. One of our kids attends the school that I work at.

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Competition Can Motivate, Encourage and Inspire Students. But It Can Also Harm Them.

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Either way, the reality is that competitiveness starts early and competition shows up in many ways in schools. As an elementary school student, I remember sitting “criss cross applesauce” among my peers during the end-of-the-quarter awards ceremonies, hoping my name would be called. That was too hard to bear.