Study shows how lack of peer acceptance in 4th grade led to increasingly negative academic outcomes to 6th grade (and possibly beyond), identifying a need for teachers to build relationships between students.
Emma McMain is an Assistant Professor in Educational Statistics and Research Methods at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, AR. Her teaching and scholarship explore how daily discourses (ways of sense-making about the world) and affects (ways of sensing the world) shape our identities, relationships, and social practices. Much of her work focuses on the potential of social and emotional learning (SEL) to both foster and undermine equity.
Lisa is a high school English Language Arts teacher, online education facilitator for CEA, and department chair. She's kicked the grading habit and structures her classroom for humans.