An article on Education Week Teacher featured UBC psychology research on how personalized professional development for teachers can lead to reduced and more equitable disciplinary referrals.
The findings can be a possible solution to the racial discipline gap in schools, where black students are punished more often and more severely for the same violations as their non-black peers.
Academics from UBC, the University of Virginia, and Rutgers University examined 86 middle and high school teachers from five Virginia schools in a randomized controlled trial and focused on the effects of a two-year teacher-coaching program.
