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Category Archives: High School
The “Soft,” “Non-Cognitive” Skills are Hard, Cognitive and Critical
The soft, non-cognitive curriculum is neither soft, nor non-cognitive, nor a curriculum. One afternoon I met a fifth grade teacher grading papers and writing report cards in a café. When I greeted him he didn’t say “Hi,” but waving Maya’s … Continue reading
Posted in Achievement, Challenge, Character, Children, College, Conflict and Issues, Creativity, decision-making, Discipline, Education, Educational Testing, Emotional Intelligence, Genius, High School, Leadership, Learning community, Parent-Teacher Partnerships, parenting, Play, project based learning, Responsibility, School Admission, School Reform, Self-Actualization, Self-determination, Social Responsibility, Standards, Success, Teaching, Teaching Writing, Thoughtfulness
Tagged building character, character, child-rearing, conflict, decision making, Discipline, education, Emotional control, Genius, kids, Leadership, Learning, Learning community, learning social skills, learning to read, math teaching, Parenting, parenting skills, play, Reading, responsibility, school, school reform, teachers, teaching, teaching responsibility
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Overparenting: How Not to Get Kids Ready for School
Last school year, I saw a young mother and father in the Decatur Public Library leaning forward over a small table overparenting their three-year-old daughter as she tried to put together the puzzle of an alligator with 26 green pieces … Continue reading
Posted in Achievement, Brain Development, Challenge, Character, Children, decision-making, Education, First Day of School, Fun, Genius, High School, Learning, parent anxiety, parenting, Play, Preschool, Responsibility, Self-determination, Stress, Success, Teaching
Tagged overparenting, Parenting
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Should Parents Give Their Children Books For Christmas, or?
Love When I was nine and my father asked me what I wanted for Christmas I said, “Something I can build and then when it’s built I can play with it.” Fifty years later, when my wife asked me what … Continue reading
Posted in Achievement, Brain Development, Children, College, Creativity, Education, Emotional Intelligence, Enthusiasm, Fun, Genius, Gifted, High School, Inspiration, Joy, parenting, Play, Preschool, Reading, School Reform, Self-Actualization, Self-determination, Self-esteem, Success, Teaching
Tagged child-rearing, education, Genius, gifted, kids, Learning, learning social skills, learning to read, math, math teaching, mathematics, Parenting, parenting skills, parents, play, Reading, reading to children, school reform, teacher, teachers, teaching
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This March on Washington, Where’s the Dream?
At the end of this month there will be a “Save our Schools March” on Washington. Unlike the 1963 March on Washington, there is no clear, shared vision of what it would look like if the desired changes happened. What … Continue reading
Posted in Brain Development, Challenge, Character, Charter Schools, College, Creativity, decision-making, Discipline, Education, Emotional Intelligence, Excellence, Failure, Genius, Gifted, Greatness, Happiness, High School, Joy, Leadership, Learning community, Loss, Mistakes, parent anxiety, Parent-Teacher Partnerships, parenting, project based learning, School Reform, Self-Actualization, Self-determination, Self-esteem, Standards, Success, Teaching
Tagged Authority, building character, character, child-rearing, conflict, decision making, Discipline, education, Genius, gifted, Happiness, kids, Learning, Learning community, learning social skills, overparenting, Parenting, parenting skills, parents, school, school reform, success, teachers, teaching, teaching responsibility
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