Teacher Relationships Are More Than Just Friendships

Hunter realized that the conversation he had overheard had bigger tons than just friendships between three year olds. For the experiment he created a survey for students and teachers of a ninth grade class. The questioner attempted to pin point things that teachers and students had in common. When hunter examined the scores of students who had been induced to see that they had things in common with their teachers, he found something astonishing. Relationships between teachers and students got stronger. And as they did, students, especially minorities, suddenly started to perform better in class.