SPiEE in the News

Press coverage of SPiEE research

  • PROOF POINTS: Borrowing a page from marriage therapy in the classroom

    Click to read Jill Barshay’s piece comparing Hunter/Bryan/Joe’s social perspective taking intervention to marriage therapy.

  • Science Confirms It: People Are Not Pets

    Click to read Alfie Kohn’s article featuring Carly Robinson’s research on how rewards work (and sometimes they don’t).

  • Believing in Science Bolsters Belief in Climate Science

    Read Michele Wick’s coverage of Hunter/Carly/Christine’s work on using people’s beliefs in science to bolster their beliefs in climate science.

  • How to Convince a Conservative that Climate Change is Real

    Click to read the news report on our research finding: establish the value of science in general before you try to convince a conservative that climate change is real.

  • How Can Schools Better Persuade Students To Show Up For Class?

    Click here for Shankar Vedantam's Hidden Brain podcast covering Carly Robinson’s surprising finding about school attendance awards.

  • Making Student Feedback Work: New advice on building a culture of feedback and making it meaningful for teachers

    Click here for Carly Robinson on how to get teachers to be more open to learning from student perception surveys.

  • In The Classroom, Common Ground Can Transform GPAs

    Click here for Shankar Vedantam's Hidden Brain podcast covering "Birds of a Feather" and lovely tribute to Maureen Brinkworth.

  • Breaking Down the Myths That Lead Young Students to Miss School

    Click here for a report on Carly Robinson’s study of the misconception parents have that lead young students to miss school.

  • Climate change conversations can be difficult for both skeptics, environmentalists

    Read the APA news coverage of Carly Robinson & Christine Vriesema’s study on leveraging cognitive dissonance to change climate change beliefs.

  • Don’t Suspend Students. Empathize.

    Click for David Kirp's piece featuring an empathy intervention & the Birds of a Feather study.

  • How to keep teenagers from becoming "disconnected" youth, a State of Opportunity special

    Jennifer White (Michigan NPR) interviews Hunter Gehlbach & social worker Kasie White re: disconnected youth; student Alexandria steals the show!

  • The Huffington Post

    This Simple Survey Could Help Close The Achievement Gap

    Click to read Rebecca Klein’s coverage of Birds of a Feather.

  • Get to Know Your Teachers, Kids

    Click here for Jessica Lahey's coverage of the "Birds of a Feather" study.

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