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Creating a Life: The Purpose of School
Could creating a life be 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 … 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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Can Your Genius Make Conflict Creative?
Can conflict be creative? Can conflict be creative? My older brother and I fought a lot. “Fight to the death!” we said. It scared our mother, and scared me, too, I guess. I remember at age eight fighting in our back … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Collaborate. Create. Contribute., Conflict and Issues, Creativity, Genius, Self-Actualization
Tagged Anger, building character, challenge, character, collaboration, conflict, creativity, education, Genius, issues, kids, Leadership, Learning community, learning social skills, Love, Parenting, parenting skills, responsibility, self-actualization, social responsibility, teachers, teaching, thoughtfulness, violence
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What are the Disciplines for When Discipline Fails?
Musa was mad as his mother drove them away from dropping his big brother off at an event for older children. He wanted to go, too. Tagging along with his toddler brother and his mother was unworthy of all that … Continue reading
Posted in Character, Education, Genius, Leadership, Self-Actualization
Tagged Anger, Authority, building character, character, child-rearing, conflict, consistency, Discipline, education, imperfection, integrity, issues, kids, Leadership, management, Mistakes, Parenting, parenting skills, parents
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