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Joanne Jacobs
Sep 192 min read
After the pandemic, more students are diagnosed with special needs
Special education numbers are up.
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Joanne Jacobs
Sep 162 min read
Well-behaved, motivated newcomers may raise classmates' achievement
U.S.-born students learn more when their classmates are immigrants, says a new study.
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Joanne Jacobs
Feb 131 min read
Rewarding good behavior works -- but what about the love of learning?
Awarding "points" for good classroom behavior improves behavior -- without destroying intrinsic motivation, writes Emily Oster on her...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jul 2, 20232 min read
Goofus and Gallant break the bad-good binary
My sister and I shared a subscription to Highlights Magazine. I always checked out the two-panel comic strip to marvel at Goofus'...
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Joanne Jacobs
May 18, 20232 min read
School of bullies
Sometimes students misbehave -- not because their needs haven't been met or their teachers aren't sufficiently sensitive to their culture...
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Joanne Jacobs
Dec 18, 20221 min read
Group care doesn't lead to behavior problems, say new study
Kids who've spent a lot of time in child care tend to act up years later, studies have shown. But newer research concludes that's not so:...
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