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  • Behavior is Another Form of Communication

    Today, many educators are having a tough time dealing with behaviors. However, if we consider behavior a form of communication, does that change how we evaluate behavior? Behavior is another form of communication.  Babies only communicate by behavior.  If the baby is hungry, it cries.  The baby often has different cries to express what they…

  • How to deal with children who are struggling with behavior

    Most children want to behave.  Most children wake up in the morning and want to behave in school and at home, even those who struggle to maintain their behavior.  So, what happened? Many factors influence behavior, such as environment, interactions with peers, interactions with adults, parents, genetics, and societal norms and expectations. Behavior is the…

  • Has curiosity been taken out of our learning environment?

    Has Curiosity been removed from the learning environment?  Now that so many schools and districts are only focused on academic performance and test scores, where are children able to be curious about learning?  Children need to be curious, investigative, inquiring, and discover how things work and figure things out. Curiosity and a desire to learn…

  • Chronic Absences

    Chronic Absence is a huge problem for this country.  The Department of Education put together a report originally on June 7, 2016, and was revised on October 27, 2016.  The title of the report was Chronic Absenteeism in the Nation’s Schools: A Hidden Educational Crisis.  The report stated over 7 million students missed 15 or…

  • Why is Homeschooling on the Rise

    Homeschooling is on the rise. There are two major reasons why homeschooling is on the rise. Children experience this in schools and it doesn’t matter if they are in public, charter, or private schools.  The two main reasons come from many families this author has spoken with and read articles. The reason is children are…

  • Relationships with Academic Content

    Most people think building relationships is only with people. However, if students build relationships with academic content, they will succeed in all they do.    Building relations with content is to find what is interesting to the child.  The child needs to be an active advocate for what he/she likes with the content.    The…

  • Why students and adults either like math or hate math?

    Students and adults either like math or hate math. There is usually no gray area. In the article Why So Many Students Hate Math ( And How To Fix it) published on March 28, 2019, on the website Oxford Learning https://www.oxfordlearning.com/why-kids-hate-math-how-to-help/ The article states 4 reasons why students hate math. The reasons are that the…

  • How to Teach Reading Comprehension

    Recently published a meta-analysis of 52 studies from English-speaking countries on what is most important for teaching reading comprehension. The study was published on May 20, 2023, titled The Active Ingredient in Reading Comprehension Strategy Intervention for Struggling Readers: A Bayesian Network Meta-analysis. The study stated that there is no single strategy that works the…

  • Leadership Styles and Parenting Styles

    Leadership styles and Parenting Styles are very similar. Think about parenting skills as leadership skills, it will help parent your children. If you think about how you are guiding your child to be a productive and responsible adult. As a leader, you guide your employees to be productive and responsible.   Looking at parenting styles…

  • Mathematics

    Mathematics for most people is a love or hate subject more than other subjects. Education Week sent out a special report this week titled “Miscalculating Math.” It has resources for teaching math and ideas for math. In U.S. News and World Report’s article U.S. Teens’ Reading and Math Scores Feature Largest Declines Ever by Lauren…

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