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The Caring Factor
By: Kendra Hurley
Published: January 25, 2006
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Successful schools are built on the conviction that when adults care, students will achieve more, the American School Board Journal reports. A new study in the Journal of Adolescent Health provides hard evidence. The University of Chicago News Office reports that the research showed that having a teacher who students believe cares is associated with reduced antisocial behavior—like drug use and sexual risk—among teens.

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