Why Do Students Think They Have to Be Perfect?
Why do students believe they have to be perfect. It doesn't necessarily come from within. It may be pushed on them from the adults around them.
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September 22, 2016
September 18, 2016
How to Build Compliance and Kill Collaboration
There's compliance and then there is over-compliance. Over compliance is built by chipping away at one's credibility and it starts one conversation at a time after the person leaves the room.
September 09, 2016
Grit, Growth Mindsets, and Technology
We often want students to have grit or a "growth mindset" but we often lack it at the same time we are telling them to have it. Here are 3 ways to show our students what we want.
September 06, 2016
Leadership: It's Much More Than Doing Discipline and Blanket E-mails
Collaborative leadership is about working in partnership with those groups that are a part of the school community, and there are 6 influences based on the research of John Hattie to help get leaders there.
July 01, 2016
If Schools Had a Relationship Status, It Would Be 'It's Complicated'
Schools are sometimes like hoarders. They keep collecting stuff and don't get rid of the things they don't need.
June 23, 2016
My Bad: Why We Need to Talk About Our Shortcomings
Mistakes, errors, misjudgments...whatever you want to call them are an important part of our learning. In a show called My Bad, we get the opportunity to hear form teachers and leaders about their greatest mistakes and what they learned form them.
June 12, 2016
5 Ways to Foster a Positive School Climate
Schools are still consumed by test scores when they should really be consumed by making sure they have a positive school climate. Here are five things they should focus on to get there.
June 02, 2016
The Benefits of Failure
In this post on the benefits of failure that originally appeared on January 8th, 2012, Peter wrote, "When looked at correctly, failure can teach us where we went wrong in the first place, and how we can learn to pick ourselves up again in a pursuit to succeed."
May 18, 2016
Playing It Straight: The (Re)Making of an Early-Childhood Teacher
Gender stereotypes often appear very early in a child's life, and early-childhood teachers often help support those stereotypes.
April 07, 2016
What's Wrong With the Word 'Rigor'?
The word rigor brings out a strong reaction from those who love the word and those who hate it. What's wrong with the word rigor?
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