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We used an active placebo-controlled, longitudinal field experiment (\n            <jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic>\n            <jats:sub>teachers<\/jats:sub>\n            = 66,\n            <jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic>\n            <jats:sub>students<\/jats:sub>\n            = 5822) to test a scalable \u201cempathic-mindset\u201d intervention, a 45- to 70-min online exercise to refocus middle school teachers on understanding and valuing the perspectives of students and on sustaining positive relationships even when students misbehave. In preregistered analyses, this exercise reduced suspension rates especially for Black and Hispanic students, cutting the racial disparity over the school year from 10.6 to 5.9 percentage points, a 45% reduction. Significant reductions were also observed for other groups of concern. 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