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S3E2 - The Middle School Slump with Sara Rimm-Kaufman

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It has long been known that children’s academic learning increases over time. But before the groundbreaking work of Sara Rimm-Kaufman and her colleagues, we did not know if that was also the case with social and emotional skills like self-management or social awareness. Thanks to their research, we now know that when it comes to social and emotional skills, the middle school slump is real.

Sara Rimm-Kaufman is the Commonwealth Professor of Education and is the chair of the department of Education Leadership, Foundations and Policy. Along with her UVA School of Education and…

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