Education World – Nicole Gorman
“A new study from Stanford University researchers has found that there is a direct correlation between empathy training for teachers and reduced suspensions in schools. According to the study, which was recently published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, teachers who received reading material and online courses teaching empathy were significantly less likely to suspend students than teachers who did not. The researchers conducted the study by splitting “39 K–12 teachers from five California public schools into two groups and randomly assigned them to read one of two research articles: one that said ‘good teacher-student relationships are critical for students to learn self-control’ and another that said ‘punishment is critical for teachers to take control of the classroom,’” according to ScienceMag.org.”(more)