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October 29, 2021 The Benefits of Student Reflection

I consider myself an avid reader. Especially now, with the winter winds starting to race, there’s nothing I love more than sitting down with a…

October 22, 2021 Bring Energy to Your Classroom

I’m a fairly warm-blooded person. You need to be when you grow up in the Midwest. During the winter you’re either buried under snow or…

October 18, 2021 Spooktacular STEAM: Using Halloween to Teach Your Students

Halloween is awesome. Sure, if you’re a kid there’s the prospect of free candy and costumes, but even as an adult I’ve always loved this…

October 8, 2021 Recognizing Emotional Intelligence

Emotional intelligence is a tricky subject. It doesn’t conform to our usual methods of testing or quantification. After all, you can’t give someone a pop…

October 4, 2021 Help Students Create a Wiser World

For most of human history, we lived in tribal groups. When you live in a tight-knit tribe of thirty or so, defending yourself…

September 27, 2021 Climate Change and Your Classroom

For the last six months I’ve been slowly accumulating plastic bags. Granted, this was not something I did by choice. Normally when I go grocery…

September 22, 2021 The Very Hungry Lizard: The Hunt for a Growth Mindset

Psychologist Marty Seligman had a lizard, and it wouldn’t eat. He tried everything. He researched its…

September 20, 2021 The “Secrets” to Student Engagement

“What’s your favorite animal?” My nephews stood around me in circle, looking up expectantly like a brood of hungry ducklings. It was a fairly innocuous…