• The Importance of Reading Difficulties and Family in Teachers' Decisions to Retain Children: A Case Study in Costa Rica 

  San Francisco, Andrea Rolla; Snow, Catherine Elizabeth; Arias, Melissa; Villers, Renata (University of Oviedo, 2005)

  Grade retention in many countries is the de facto remediation policy for children who have academic difficulties in first grade. For example, 14.9 percent of first graders repeated in Costa Rica in 2002. This study describes ...

• Developing a Team Capable of Learning while Executing – Story About a Non-Profit Startup: Character Lab 

  Charlot, Jennifer

  During the Ed.L.D. Residency, I served as the Director of Implementation for Character Lab, a start-up non-profit that translates psychology research into school-based experiences so students can learn and flourish. The ...

• Borders and belonging: displaced Syrian youth navigating symbolic boundaries in Lebanon 

  Chopra, Vidur; Dryden-Peterson, Sarah (Informa UK Limited, 2020-03-23)

  We examine the ways in which young Syrian refugees perceive and navigate the symbolic boundaries of belonging when displaced in Lebanon. Using portraiture, we identify three dimensions of belonging for refugees – safety, ...

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