Elaine Kennedy, Head of New Morning School, describes a K-8 curriculum that focuses on the students’ joy of discovery.
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Teaching Students the ABCs of Resilience
Renee Jain, a positive psychology practitioner with a focus on SEL, discusses the ABCs of Resilience, a simple yet critical formula for helping young people overcome adversity.
Does Your Classroom Cultivate Student Resilience?
Over 100 years ago, the great African American educator Booker T. Washington spoke about resilience: I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles overcome while trying to succeed.
Why Resilience Is Critical in a Learning Environment — Whole Child Education
We call on educators, policymakers, business leaders, families, and community members to work together on a whole child approach to education.
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11 Alternatives to ‘Round Robin’ (and ‘Popcorn’) Reading
Rather than intimidating young readers with ancient pedagogy, encourage and empower them with livelier strategies such as partner reading or the manic Crazy Professor Game.
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