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Our 10 Most Popular Posts of 2017! Joy is an Intervention - Are you using Joy as an Intervention in your classroom? You may realize that some students…
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What Business Are You In?
I was listening to author of the book, A More Beautiful Question, Warren Berger this morning on my drive into work. He recommended that every organization ask themselves…
5 Ways to Focus on Process
We often get caught up in what a final product looks or feels like, but much of our learning and student learning takes place during the process. Try these…
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Unresponsiveness
I always find it odd, perplexing actually, when teachers complain about the things that their students can’t do, don’t do, won’t do or struggle with. Isn’t that why…
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Preparing for the Future
Over the years, I’ve heard many educators talking about preparing students for the future. They discuss getting students ready for next year or for middle school or for…
Teaching ART using the Workshop Model
While the workshop model has proven successful for both language arts and math, not a lot of art educators have tried to utilize the strategy during art classes. Mastering…
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Joy is an Intervention
It’s such a simple phrase but I find it so powerful. Joy is an intervention. It’s so freeing. My friend, Dr. Mary Howard, wrote these words in a facebook…
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Blank Notebooks
We tend to think of schooling in terms of units quarters or semesters However, these are not usually timeframes that produce remarkable results. Even an entire single…
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Making Choices
In choice based classrooms, it always has to be remembered that learning to make good, smart choices is often the hardest thing to learn. Additionally, all learning and…
