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Empathy is Canadian education\u2019s best weapon against bullying, but it is a flawed tool. \u201cReading and math is amazingly simple to teach compared to learning how to get along with others,\u201d said Debra Pepler, a York University professor and psychologist, in The Globe and Mail<\/em> Nov. 15. \u201cWe expect children to learn this by osmosis and they don\u2019t.\u201d She said lectures can help, but the real learning happens in more everyday settings, in students\u2019 moment-to-moment interactions with teachers and other adults. Read full story<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Empathy is Canadian education's best weapon against bullying, but it is a flawed tool. 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