When you see all those bubbles on the white board in schools connecting to a topic, the sticks connecting the bubbles are never explained. This is a key to improved test grades. Draft conflict resolution strategies and ideas to teach students to experience a functional democratic classroom are located here. When students feel that they are enfranchised they have greater involvement and sense of safety in school, and it will help circumvent the need for revenge felt by some students. It's what I did my doctoral dissertation on.
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