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ICYMI: Most read by educators

What’s trending? From student motivation to mental health, don’t miss these most-read stories.

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School adopts new approach to discipline

A public charter school in Texas has reversed its approach to school discipline after recognizing its policies were not providing students with the support they need. Instead, the school eliminated suspensions and adopted restorative-justice methods, including mindfulness exercises and one-on-one counseling.

Full Story: EdSurge

Teacher: 5 ways to deliver SEL in middle grades

Social and emotional learning should be seamlessly integrated across the curriculum, suggests Jill Fletcher, an AVID college-readiness teacher. Fletcher shares five activities to deliver SEL in middle grades, including by writing Twitter messages on paper.

Full Story: Edutopia online

The science behind student motivation

Some approaches to education — such as offering rewards for mastering content — actually may be harming students’ desire to learn. Deborah Stipek, a Stanford University professor of education, recommends balancing extrinsic motivation and intrinsic motivation to learn to engage students.

Full Story: The Hechinger Report

Study looks at mental health issues in US youths

Researchers found that 7.4% of children and teenagers in the US had behavioral or conduct problems, while 7.1% had anxiety and 3.2% had depression. The findings in The Journal of Pediatrics, based on 2016 National Survey of Children’s Health data involving 43,283 youths, also showed that 78.1% of those with depression received treatment, compared with 59.3% of those with anxiety and 53.5% of those with behavioral and conduct problems.

Full Story: 2 Minute Medicine

Resources help identify successful SEL models

Two tools, the SEL Assessment Guide and the RAND Education Assessment Finder, aim to identify schools making strong gains in social and emotional learning. Peer school districts can use the resources to find successful models, learn from their experiences and create initiatives for implementing SEL in ways that are systemic and sustainable, Jeremy Taylor of the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning and Laura Hamilton of the RAND Corporation write in this commentary.

Full Story: The Hechinger Report

Audrey Altmann is an editorial assistant at SmartBrief.

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