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Kindness: Let’s Toss it Around Like Confetti

In a small Connecticut school in Litchfield County, students in a multi-age K,1,2 class co-taught by teachers Robin Faust and Jen Worden engaged in a unit on civics and civility with a focus on getting along and building character. In Read More …

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How to Reach High Achievement Through Listening Skills

This post is the third in a new column on “Personal Development” for eSchool News, and is reprinted with permission. “When you listen to someone, it’s the most profound act of human respect.” -William Ury I remember when I began Read More …

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The Power of a Protocol to Grow Innovative Designs and Deepen Understanding About “Soft” Skills

As educators imagine how to develop “soft” skills (e.g., critical thinking, creative thinking, communication, and collaboration), there is little consensus of what that looks like and how we can do a better job of incorporating these skills in our assignments Read More …

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Personalized Learning from A-Z

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One of my goals for 2017 is to help educators see that Personalized Learning (PL) is not “another thing” and not something that is hard to do in your classroom. All you have to do is start small and be Read More …

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It is Critical to Continue to Respond with Wonderment and Awe

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Wonder is what sets us apart from other life forms. No other species wonders about the meaning of existence or the complexity of the universe or themselves. -Herbert W. Boyer On July 14, 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft zoomed within 7800 Read More …

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Managing Impulsivity is A Skill We All Should Master!

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The sign of intelligent people is their ability to control emotions by the application of reason. -Marya Mannes Do you ever find yourself just blurting out what comes to mind? After you say it, do you regret it? Do you find yourself Read More …

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What Does it Look Like to Take Responsible Risks?

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There is a time for daring and a time for caution, and a wise man knows which is called for. -John Keating, Teacher in Dead Poet’s Society So, the challenge, as John Keating puts it, is how do we become Read More …

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The Benefits of Finding Humor in Everyday Situations

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Warning: Humor may be hazardous to your illness. -Ellie Katz Humor refers to our human ability to perceive and express a sense of the clever or amusing: What is the astronaut’s favorite place on the computer? The space bar. Humor Read More …

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Are You Striving for Accuracy and Precision?

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If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as a Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and Read More …

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The Power of Persisting: Strategies for Success

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If I had to select one quality, one personal characteristic that I regard as being most highly correlated with success whatever the field, I would pick the trait of persistence. Determination. The will to endure to the end, to get Read More …

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