11
Dec
2019
Kindness Matters
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If you were asked to summarize what it means to be successful, what would you say? If you asked this same question... Read More
6
Dec
2019
Teaching SEL, One Story at a Time
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Social-emotional learning is quickly becoming one of the most important and difficult subjects in modern education. This isn’t all that surprising when... Read More
4
Dec
2019
On Selling
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Hello. My name is Ben, and I’m selling something. Now, I don’t feel particularly comfortable about that. By nature I’m a teacher... Read More
29
Nov
2019
Empathy Gets a Promotion
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Good teachers change the way their students think. Great teachers change the way their students live. But, how do you make this... Read More
25
Nov
2019
Kids These Days…
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I’m not exactly sure when it happens. Probably around the same time your kids learn how to operate a smartphone better than... Read More
22
Nov
2019
How To Help Your Students Outside the Classroom
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Recently, a certain video began making its way through my social media feeds. It contains a brief clip of a 10-year-old student... Read More
20
Nov
2019
Why Kids Are Like Bacteria
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If you’re a teacher, you know that kids are an awful lot like bacteria. I mean, of course, that if you give... Read More
18
Nov
2019
Your New Year’s Resolution
I don’t know about you, but around this time of year I start planning my New Year’s Resolution. I know it’s a... Read More