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Risk-Taking and Perseverance

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November 30, 2020 Learning Together: Helping Students Build Virtual Community

This past weekend, after nearly two weeks of intense quarantining, I was finally able to spend time with my family. Given the long period of…

November 18, 2020 Got Grit?: Helping Students Develop a Growth Mindset

Like a lot of teenagers, Anna Sarol enjoyed school — but she was looking forward to graduation. On your first day as a…

November 2, 2020 Don’t Overthink It: Why Simple Strategies Work

Last Saturday, as I was shutting down for the evening, I stumbled across something wonderful. Google had created a free game

October 12, 2020 Story Time: Building Student Engagement

One of my favorite educational tools is a YouTube channel called Extra Credits. Made up of entertainment enthusiasts, the channel is…

October 9, 2020 Take Sisyphus to School: Embracing a Growth Mindset

If you know anything about Greek mythology, you know the ancients were big fans of karmic punishment. The myth of Sisyphus, for example, recounts how…

September 28, 2020 5 Books for Hispanic Heritage Month

Those of you who have been following this blog for a while know that I am a voracious reader. I love…

September 25, 2020 Eigin Druk

I remember chaperoning my daughter’s middle school field trip to the M.C. Escher exhibit at a local art museum. I was duly impressed by the…

September 14, 2020 Weekly Graders Rarely Make History

When I was a freshman in high school, my afternoons consisted of two classes: Mathematics and History. Both classes were taught by experienced teachers who…