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4 Relationship-Building Ideas for Helping Students Feel Loved and Loveable

By Deborah Farmer Kris, author of the All the Time series “I’m so happy you are here,” I told a class of seventh graders after they had filed in on the first day. “Here’s one thing you need to know … Continue reading

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Stifled Support: How Our Silence on Police Brutality Affects the Mental Health of Our Students

By Isaiah Moore With the reading of the Derek Chauvin verdict, two things came to mind for me: how happy I am that justice was served for George Floyd’s family and that I am actually feeling miserable. One wouldn’t expect … Continue reading

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6 Ways Educators Can Create Safe Spaces for Students of Color

By Isaiah Moore I first noticed it in retrospect. In my second year of college, while writing a proposal to my city advocating for better youth programming as a strategy to thwart teenage homicide, I thought about the variables that allowed me … Continue reading

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5 Ways to Create a Positive Classroom Culture with Your Students

By Liz Bergren I saw a tweet recently that stated that the most important thing to do in the beginning of the school year is to establish rules and routines. Soon after that, someone replied asking about establishing relationships and … Continue reading

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Student Engagement and the Power of Connecting

By Stephanie Filio Retaining a student’s attention is only a small part of what educators do to ensure that students are engaged in material. Engagement in learning is a constant cognitive immersion. In environments where this constant immersion is occurring, … Continue reading

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