Last week I did a podcast with author and speaker Ed Gerety, CSP, on the subject of Tapping the Power of the Adolescent Brain. Some of the take-aways from the interview include: “What were they thinking?” A lot of things are going on in the teenage brain that were not going on 2-3-4 years ago....Read More
There’s an age-old concept in the field of education called ”the teachable moment.” This is when an event happens unexpectedly that provides an opportunity for students to learn something new. So, for example, if a great statesman died, this might be the chance to learn something about his life, or to examine the traits of...Read More
If you close your eyes and visualize a typical high school classroom, chances are you’ll be imagining a class where students are sitting at desks listening to a teacher lecture or working on written assignments. Now we’re learning that this scenario may increase the risk of depression in adolescents. A new study in the journal...Read More
Evidence based teaching has dominated the field of education ever since the beginning of the 21st century, when the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) included it as part of its wide-ranging education law that applied to all schools receiving federal funding (e.g. most schools). The term itself dates back to 1991 when a Canadian...Read More
Nothing has been more disconcerting to me in my forty-five years as an educator than to ask a parent or teacher: ”What is your child’s (or teen’s) strengths?” and have them answer: ”He hasn’t got any.” I’ve actually heard this several times in my career. It was such responses that motivated me to come up...Read More
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