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Good Parents are Good Leaders (and Never Underestimate Kids)
For best results with our children, parents need to be good leaders. One day, Suzanne said to her five-year-old niece Emma, “My, that is a beautiful stuffed lion you have there.” “I know, I saw it in the store and … Continue reading
Posted in Authority, Brain Development, Challenge, Character, Children, decision-making, Discipline, Education, Genius, Leadership, Learning, parenting, Relationships
Tagged Authority, building character, character, child-rearing, decision making, Discipline, education, Emotional control, Genius, kids, Leadership, Learning, learning social skills, Parenting, parenting skills, parents
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Schoolyard Nastiness and Democracy
I too despair at watching my president stoop to schoolyard nastiness. —David Leonhardt, New York Times, June 30, 2017 Why do we expect our democracy to function better than our schoolyard? Because we don’t get what should be going on … Continue reading
Decision-Making: The Key Variable in School Culture
I never let my schooling interfere with my education. – Mark Twain Making schooling educational requires changing school culture. School reform keeps failing not because of standards or curriculum or poverty or parents or privatization or technology or tests or … Continue reading
Posted in decision-making, Education, School Culture, School Reform
Tagged decision making, education, school, school culture, school reform, schooling, teaching
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Creating a Life: The Purpose of School
Could creating a life be the purpose of school? Why not? When it is, everything works right. When schools have other ends in mind, they get discipline problems, dropouts and lower performance. By the end of September, seventh grader Kaden was sending himself … Continue reading
Posted in Coaching, Creativity, Emotional Intelligence, Empowerment, School Reform, Self-Actualization
Tagged building character, character, Coaching, Creating a Life, creativity, decision making, emotional intelligence, empowerment, Genius, Leadership, Learning, Parenting, parenting skills, school reform, self-actualization
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Epistemology: the Heart of a Good Curriculum
What if “epistemology” were written on the whiteboard on the first day of school, and referred to every day after that? What if “To know how you know what you think you know” were universally understood as the point of a curriculum? What … Continue reading
Posted in Achievement, Authority, Brain Development, Character, Children, decision-making, Discipline, Education, Excellence, First Day of School, Genius, Integrity, Justice, Learning community, Mistakes, parenting, project based learning, School Culture, School Reform, Self-Actualization, Standards, STEM subjects, Success, Teaching, Technology and Education, Thoughtfulness
Tagged Authority, building character, child-rearing, decision making, Discipline, education, Genius, kids, Leadership, Learning, Learning community, Parenting, parenting skills, school, school reform, teachers, teaching
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