Op-eds & Policy Briefs
Good Student-Teacher Relationships Spiked During COVID.
Educators who prioritize understanding young people's experiences and communicate that interest could see multiple benefits.
Improve your relationships with the science of perspective-taking
Social psychology research is breaking down the process of perspective-taking and revealing ways to help us get along better
Repairing Relationships
Studies show considering perspectives of others benefits us all — especially in the classroom
Here’s a Way Forward With Challenging Students
Giving teachers a chance to use their expertise can have stellar results.
The Key to Reading People
Reading others is as challenging as it is crucial. Our daily acts of social perspective taking—figuring out others’ thoughts and feelings, perceptions and motivations—guide our behaviors toward others. They form the building blocks for all our social relationships. For the most part, we strive to read others accurately, but research indicates that two motives frequently derail us.
The Changing Climate for Social-Emotional Learning
Hunter Gehlbach seeks common ground in the value-laden questions that arise when we get deep into the heart of SEL.
Overcoming the Biases That Come Between Us
Our capacity to discern the thoughts and feelings of others, particularly those who hold views different from our own, seems to have hit an all-time low. Yet, the picture isn’t all bleak. Burgeoning research identifies an array of cognitive biases—those predictable flaws in our thinking—as a root cause of our struggles to understand each other.
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