How To Create More Confident Students Once it’s begun, it’s difficult to fully separate the person from the task. When the artist is painting, the painter and the act of painting become a single ‘thing.’ The painting becomes a part of it all, too. As a teacher, your ‘self’ is embedded within your teaching—which is…
geralt / Pixabay A second Trump Presidency would be a disaster for our country, and cause trauma on steroids for many of our students and their families. Let’s take a look at what it could mean just for one group – our immigrant students and their families. Trump and his key supporters have made…
Students at one New York university have a surprise awaiting them: an $8,000-a-year “academic excellence fee.” We have to ask: Isn’t academic excellence included in tuition? In fact, tuition is only part of the cost of college. Like car dealerships, schools are nickel-and-diming consumers with huge fees — fees for student activities, fees for athletics,…
geralt / Pixabay A second Trump Presidency would be a disaster for our country, and cause trauma on steroids for many of our students and their families. Let’s take a look at what it could mean just for one group – our immigrant students and their families. Trump and his key supporters have made…
Students at one New York university have a surprise awaiting them: an $8,000-a-year “academic excellence fee.” We have to ask: Isn’t academic excellence included in tuition? In fact, tuition is only part of the cost of college. Like car dealerships, schools are nickel-and-diming consumers with huge fees — fees for student activities, fees for athletics,…
(I’m republishing posts on my My All-Time Favorite Posts list. This one appeared in 2010. You can see them all here) OpenClipart-Vectors / Pixabay I’ve previously written about one classroom management tactic I use with students who might be having a particular behavioral challenge — at times having students write a hash mark on…
(I’m republishing posts on my My All-Time Favorite Posts list. This one appeared in 2010. You can see them all here) OpenClipart-Vectors / Pixabay I’ve previously written about one classroom management tactic I use with students who might be having a particular behavioral challenge — at times having students write a hash mark on…
Though, as I have said many times, I don’t believe AI is going to “revolutionize” education, it does – and will – have a place. I’ve published many AI-related “Best” lists, and you can find them all here. Here are my choices for the best AI tools and resources for education since I published…
By: Reagan Rogers, M.S., Psy.S., Vice President of Behavior and Mental Health Services of Invo Healthcare’s IMPACT Program In the wake of the pandemic, families, educators, and policymakers are all paying close attention to the impact of trauma on learning, as well as on students’ physical and mental health. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has described…
At the beginning of 2022, we attended a rowing class. If you’ve been to a cycling class, you know the feeling – dynamic lighting, loud music, fans, fans, and more fans. This was out of our comfort zone as gyms are not typically places where we find comfort or inspiration. This class, however, was a…