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Building Habits of Success and Measuring What Matters
Good habits are at least as important as basic skills when it comes to success in college and work. The ability to apply creative know how in new situations is at least as important as historical and technical knowledge.
Feed My Starving Children: Community Comes Together for Global and Local Impact
A local community in Minnesota is coming together to take on one of the biggest issues of our time and they’re doing it in a thoughtful and collaborative way. Further proof that communities can connect kids and citizens to broader causes. In doing so, we help students reach broader goals.
8 Ways to Teach Empathy and Cultivate Community
As current new stories indicate, more schools, teachers and parents are looking for tools and tips to teach empathy. We bring you eight proven strategies for any educator to teach empathy and cultivate community in the classroom.
Why Letting Youth “Run the Store” is Important for their Development & Life Success
By: John Weiss. Giving young people voice, choice and decision-making opportunities is critical to support their healthy development and life success. They need to make decisions, act on their intentions and work collaboratively in school, in after-school programs and in family structures.
Better than Prep: Experiencing Success In What’s Next
Ten experiences high school students should leave the secondary system with so they are able to plan next steps with knowledge and confidence.
Good Work: Living in Community
You have been given a community to nurture and be nurtured by. -Rev. Mike McIntosh An anniversary like today makes me think about diverse communities living together. A few years back I went to a school board convention in San Francisco and on the way back to my hotel…