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'Disparate impact' is out: Base discipline on behavior, not race, says Trump order
Schools should discipline students who misbehave without regard to their race, says Trump's new executive order.

Joanne Jacobs
Apr 252 min read
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After the pandemic, more students are diagnosed with special needs
Special education numbers are up.

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 19, 20242 min read
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Well-behaved, motivated newcomers may raise classmates' achievement
U.S.-born students learn more when their classmates are immigrants, says a new study.

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 16, 20242 min read
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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...

Joanne Jacobs
Feb 13, 20241 min read
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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'...

Joanne Jacobs
Jul 2, 20232 min read
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School of bullies
Sometimes students misbehave -- not because their needs haven't been met or their teachers aren't sufficiently sensitive to their culture...

Joanne Jacobs
May 18, 20232 min read
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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:...

Joanne Jacobs
Dec 18, 20221 min read
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