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Student Ownership

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July 21, 2021 ... and Justice for All

“...with liberty and justice for all.” Many of us have said the words every day for years — but how often…

July 19, 2021 Back to School Tips from Dear Evan Hansen

Not long ago I saw the first trailer for Dear Evan Hansen - the movie. And while Ben Platt is looking suspiciously…

July 14, 2021 Helping Students Overcome their Fear of Math

“I’m not a math person.” How many times have we heard someone say this? Or, maybe we ourselves have mumbled this in our…

July 7, 2021 Exercise Your Learning Freedom

This Fourth of July, we celebrated our nation’s independence and our freedoms were on full display. Which fireworks event should we go to?…

June 28, 2021 Helping Students Embrace Failure

I have always struggled to accept failure. To be fair though, I think this is a problem most people share. From an early age we’re…

June 25, 2021 Supporting Student SEL in the Fall

The other day I sat down and had lunch with a co-worker. This may not sound like anything extraordinary, but after a year of wearing…

June 16, 2021 Pass the Right Test: Measuring Student Development

There’s an old cliché in business that “what gets measured gets managed.” That reality is largely to blame for our overemphasis on standardized…

June 9, 2021 The Empty Classroom and Promoting a Healthy Mindset

I went back to my old classroom yesterday, after all the students had gone home for the summer. Empty classrooms are always thick…