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Get the Culture Right: The Most Important New School Factor
What's most important when opening a new school? I asked 20 experts and it's clear that getting the culture right is the single most important factor in the long term success of a school.
Does Your Curriculum Have a Growth Mindset?
By: Susan Santone. Cultural relevance and social action can help kids shift the narrative of their lives and futures, encouraging their optimism, agency and collaboration--all elements of the growth mindsets needed for academic and SEL development.
Why Do You Get Up in the Morning?
By: Jeff Sandefer. Accessing deep pools of inner motivation is an important and never ending life skill. The answer of “Why should I get up in the morning?” is a difficult one at any stage of life. Here is how Acton Academy is encouraging middle school students to figure it out now.
Most Likely to Succeed: The Future of School Tour
Ted Dintersmith, Executive Producer of the Most Likely to Succeed, is on a mission to change our education system. Ted is visiting every state to lead movie screenings and spark important conversations with educators, community members and policy makers.
Leaders, Learners and Designers all Listen First
Leaders listen deeply and fully to others, reflect for others their beauty and talents, and act with profound respect for the dignity and worth of all people. For each of those key processes here are some connections for relationships, learning and design.
How to Become a Mission-Driven Organization
Want to reconnect with your organization's mission? A good mission helps your organization say YES to the right things and NO to the wrong things. Bonnie explores ideas so that you, and your organization, can put passion behind your organization's mission statement.
Agreement Crafting: 10 Lessons on The Politics of Schooling
Tom reviews 10 lessons in school and district leadership focused on the role of facilitating agreements.
What If We Replaced Family (and Classroom) Rules with Core Beliefs?
Once a lesson in my 2nd grade classroom, now an exercise I use as a parent. How to reinforce the right things and getting kids involved in determining what those “right things” are.
Communicating Across Generations
Boomers, Millennials, Gen Xers and the Greatest Generation... Which generation are you trying to reach? More than one I bet. How to communicate across generations to ensure that your message is received, appreciated and acted on.
The Importance of Culture
By: Katelyn Donnelly. The people you spend time with matter – because groups of people establish a culture and a set of standards for behavior that shapes the actions and thoughts of individuals within the group.