A Very, Very Powerful Motivational Video For Teens
What motivates this student to “succeed” in school? Is it intrinsic or extrinsic motivation? Does it ebb & flow? Is it perishable altogether?
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Unplugging To Connect: A Tech Timeout For Schools?
On February 12-14, 1100 students at Convent & Stuart Hall will take The Tech Timeout Academic Challenge, turning off their devices for 3 days.
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A New Priority? Teaching Mindfulness In Elementary School
While mindfulness-based approaches for children have become popular in recent years, few are backed by rigorous scientific evidence.
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It’s Time To Stop Talking About Bullying & Talk Kindness Instead
We have to change the way we talk about bullying. I’m convinced that we have to confront it with its psychological opposite – kindness.
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A(n Insufficent) Reading List To Help Students Begin To Grapple With Race
I thought it might be useful to share a reading list that might help students begin to grapple and make sense of race relations in the US.
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The Best Kind Of Summer Slide: A Summer Bucket List
The Best Kind Of Summer Slide: A Summer Bucket List contributed by Corrine Jacob, alternatetutelage Our family has all but forgotten the ghost of winter past. We are now basking in the glow of this glorious, glorious summer weather. If you’re a homeschooler like me, your mind is currently occupied with scheduling activities so that the…
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Talking To Students About Homosexuality
Talking To Students About Homosexuality On the surface, discussing sexuality in schools doesn’t seem an entirely natural thing–not in an era of academics, anyway. From the inception of American public education through the early 1990s, classes on Home Economics, Woodworking, Shop, Automotive Repair, and even Sexual Education were standard fare. (One of these was probably…
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Helping Parents Trust Your School
What Are The Best Resources For Building Parental Engagement? contributed by Alison Anderson, gettingsmart.com Parent engagement has always been a very bright spot on my radar when thinking about keys to success for schools. Lately, it feels important to distinguish between parent engagement and parent involvement. Both are important and something every school should strive…
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Kindness Is Something Students Learn By Feeling It
A great number of benefits have been reported to support the theory of teaching kindness in schools of all grade levels.
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The Science Of Character: 6 Categories & 24 Traits
What kinds of ideas and characteristics do we associate with character? What contributes to its development? Can attributes be cultivated?
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14 Lesson Plans For Teaching Financial Literacy
Whath Are The Best Lesson Plans For Teaching Financial Literacy? by TeachThought Staff 1. Ruth Gale-Paredez: “What education do you need to live comfortably?”Fifth-grade students figure out how much it costs to live for a family of four. The survey is taken for all expenses including taxes and insurance and an amount of income is calculated….
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The Factors That Impact The Learning Curve Of English-Language Learners
Motivating, offering experiences, differentiating, and teaching rich content guarantee success for our English-language learners.
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A Strategy For Promoting Resilience In Children
Mindset matters. Catch, Challenge, and Change is one of many possible strategies for promoting resilience in children and students.
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School Makes Me: A Picture Worth Thinking About
There is no need to take one small artifact and jump to conclusions about how awful everything is, but it’s sad no matter how you look at it.
