Stay in Teaching

School leadership moves that make the biggest difference in keeping teachers in the profession:

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Hats off to asset-minded teachers who are making a difference for good!

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To cute (and important) not to share:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aISXCw0Pi94

Molly Wright: How every child can thrive by five | TED "What if I was to tell you that a game of peek-a-boo could change the world?" asks seven-year-old Molly Wright, one of the youngest-ever TED speakers. Breaki...

“We must learn to treasure the joys of the child in the school, his fascination, absorptions, his persistent wide-eyed wondering, his enthusiasm…they can lead to hard work, persistence, absorbed, fruitful education ” (Maslow, 1968)

We’ve been through a lot these past two years, responding flexibly and immediately because we had to – because we cared about our students and because the situation demanded it. Now, maybe, it’s time to let the dust settle – or you might choose the more poetic metaphor of letting the glitter in a snow globe float to rest. A little stillness is needed to see where things will fall. A few no’s might give teachers a needed respite.

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Educators pivot every day. Let's make the process more intentional:

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This week's blog post is about being ready to pivot. As coaches and teachers, don't we pivot every day?

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Thank you, Paul, for your recommendation of our important work!

https://radicalscholarship.wordpress.com/2022/01/02/recommended-the-language-of-literacy-education-brill-2021/

RECOMMENDED: The Language of Literacy Education (Brill, 2021) Public and media debate as well as public policy driven by those debates is too often driven by misuse and misunderstanding of key terms and concepts, especially for the field of education. Two suc…

Instruction should target only what is NECESSARY and UNKNOWN:
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The "necessary and unknown" principle leads to high-responsibility teaching:

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Test prep to believe in: Increasing kids’ “mindfulness” has lots of benefits – including better test scores:
http://time.com/3682311/mindfulness-math/ #3682311/mindfulness-math/

Mindfulness May Increase Kids' Math Scores Fourth and fifth graders who did mindfulness exercises had 15% better math scores than their peers