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How Knowing Teen Brains a Little Better Can Help Coaches Be Effective Mentors

The mentor’s mindset shatters the idea that influential adults must be either tough guys or a soft touch. “Neither approach is good,” Yeager told me. What adolescents need are corrections with encouragement. “Keep high standards and give more support,” he said. Honest feedback works when it is accompanied by moral support and clarity on how Continue Reading

What Does the Future Look Like For Colleges? Fewer Students and Fewer Campuses, Thanks to Past Events

Demographers say it will finally arrive nationwide in the fall of this year. That’s when recruiting offices will begin to confront the long-anticipated drop-off in the number of applicants from among the next class of high school seniors. But the downturn isn’t just a problem for universities and colleges. It’s a looming crisis for the Continue Reading

Top Scholar Says Evidence for Special Education Inclusion is ‘Fundamentally Flawed’

Fuchs’ view challenges hundreds of studies that have consistently found that inclusive educational settings have substantial benefits for the cognitive and social development of children with disabilities. That research has been instrumental in persuading lawmakers to increase funding to help schools accommodate students with disabilities, in some cases hiring extra special education teachers for every Continue Reading

Boys Face Unique Challenges. Here’s How to Help Them Thrive

Media with boy characters that experience and express emotions can be hard to find, but they do exist, according to Whippman. She recommended Gordon Korman’s The Fort, which is all about male friendship, and R.J. Palacio’s Wonder, a favorite of her sons. “It’s written with real complex, genuine interiority, which is usually reserved for female Continue Reading