Category: Good Read

Is the Force Concept Inventory biased across the intersections of gender and race? “Research-based assessments (RBAs) allow researchers and practitioners to compare student performance across different contexts and institutions. In recent years, research attention has focused on the student populations these RBAs were initially developed with because much of that research was done with “samples…

The Prosocial School Leader: Theory, Research, and Action “In a recent survey report, state-level educational policymakers overwhelmingly reported that the administrators in the school building play a central role in supporting social and emotional learning and more broadly creating healthy and caring schools (Solomon et al., 2018). Educators have also emphasized the importance of social…

Deviant Labels, Negative Emotions, and Secondary Deviance: Integrating Labeling and Strain Perspectives Prior scholarship has identified deviant identity, deviant peer groups, and limited pro-social opportunities as the primary mechanisms through which being labeled deviant relates to secondary deviance. This study extends labeling theory by considering negative emotions as an additional mechanism through which being labeled…

 A Conceptual Framework for Whole‐School Implementation of Mindfulness Programs and Practices: Wisdom From the Field Despite the growing prevalence of mindfulness in schools, the empirical landscape describing best practices for implementation is incomplete. The purpose of this project was to develop a framework that explicated the steps and considerations for implementing mindfulness at the whole‐school…