Educator Happy Hour

Kids Gone Wild: A School Leader's Take on Student Behavior (with Mark Trumley)

Episode Summary

84% of schools agree that student behavior has gotten WORSE since the pandemic. This week, I chat with school leader Mark Trumley (@MarkTrumley) about how and why misbehaviors are worse -- and what we can do to improve.

Episode Notes

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Thanks to Mark Trumley for joining us on Educator Happy Hour. Find him on Twitter at @MarkTrumley. Mark also recommend the book Born to be Wild  -- a great book for parents of adolescents and secondary educators. It was the foundation for the resilience class he created which focused on three key life skills: AIM (Attitude, Integrity, Mindfulness).

Resources from Today's Episode

The National Center for Education Statistics on student behavior can be found here: https://nces.ed.gov/whatsnew/press_releases/07_06_2022.asp

The study on benefits of common ground between students and teachers can be found here:

https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/todd_rogers/files/creating_birds_0.pdf