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	<title>Episode 378: Social Skills Instruction is Imbalanced</title>
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	<title>Episode 377: We Talk About Student Regulation but Not Enough About Teacher Regulation</title>
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	<title>Episode 376: Most Classroom Reward Systems Accidentally Teach the Wrong Things</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 09:06:38 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Episode 375: Generalization Is the Real Goal — And We Almost Never Plan for It</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:49:41 +0000</pubDate>
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