"I recently read an commentary from the Teachers College Record on the importance of empathy in education/life. (Because, really, can we separate the two? I mean, I know we've tried to take the life out of education, and to look at the lives of students as being devoid of educational experiences...but seriously? You can't separate the two.) The author, Nadine Dolby, writes persuasively about the importance of this socio-emotional aspect of learning that, as I've noted, we've paid too little…
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