“We’re not passive receivers of stress,” Jamieson explains. “We’re active agents in actually making our own stress response.” Jamieson says the stress we feel during challenging situations can give us fuel to address the demands we face. For instance, as...
Zaki put it this way, “Optimism is us telling our kids, don’t worry, honey, it’s going to be fine. First, we can’t guarantee that because we don’t know what the future holds. Second, it leaves our kids on the sidelines...
However, when students lack the foundational knowledge that they might be able to relate to the new information provided, they may struggle with getting to a good understanding of the material. Additionally, students who are pressed to memorize information without...
Often the homework systems are bundled with required digital or hard copy textbooks and the digital platforms offer students supplemental materials such as practice questions, quizzes and videos. And they come with a price tag — an average of $90 per...
So, she and a group of her colleagues developed a new course, called Climate Resilience, which they offered for the first time at several UC campuses last spring. The goal is to turn students’ distress about the climate into collective...
When you are in the trenches of parenthood, it is easy to forget that the ultimate goal is to raise well-adjusted, happy, fully-formed adults. This goalpost may seem far away and abstract, particularly for those of us with young children,...
The list of what we are not supposed to say as parents seems to be getting longer— first we were told we could not say “good job,” then “be careful” became off-limits. Now the phrase “hurry up” has been effectively...
“There are many schools that are effective at helping students learn, even in high-poverty communities,” said Sean Reardon, a Stanford sociologist who was part of the team that developed the Stanford Education Data Archive. “The TNTP report uses our data...
From Small but Mighty: How Everyday Habits Add Up to More Manageable and Confident Teaching (pp. 78-80), by M. Plotinsky, 2024, ASCD. Copyright 2024 by ASCD. Reprinted with permission. Over the past several years, formative approaches have gained significant traction...
Smith said it’s one her favorite lessons because “it’s such an unfolding of understanding that happens” as the students walk. “What this does is it allows the students to get a physical understanding of the pacing and the movement of...
