We provide a developmental perspective on two related issues:(a) why traditional
preventative school-based interventions work reasonably well for children but less so for …

The study of peer victimization has drawn together researchers, parents, teachers, and
health professionals around the world in an effort to make change. Research attention has …

A global priority for the behavioural sciences is to develop cost-effective, scalable
interventions that could improve the academic outcomes of adolescents at a population …

Social-evaluative stressors—experiences in which people feel they could be judged
negatively—pose a major threat to adolescent mental health,–and can cause young people …

Because challenges are ubiquitous, resilience is essential for success in school and in life.
In this article we review research demonstrating the impact of students' mindsets on their …

Part of the inspiration for writing this book–or at least for writing in the way I have–was my
reading of a volume on the conduct of ethnography by Marcel Mauss, one of the founders of …

Purpose: This article (1) analyzes and synthesizes literatures from philosophy and education
to propose a conceptual framework for caring in schools and caring school leadership and …

Highly visible tragedies in high schools thought to involve bullying have directly contributed
to public support for state-mandated K-12 anti-bullying programming. But are existing …

Debates about human nature often revolve around what is built in. However, the hallmark of
human nature is how much of a person's identity is not built in; rather, it is humans' great …

In recent years, substantial investments have been made in reengineering systems of
teacher evaluation. The new generation models of teacher evaluation typically adopt a …