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How to Bring the David Bowie Experience to the Classroom
In case you weren’t one of the 25 million people watching the Grammys last night, Lady Gaga gave tribute to David Bowie to honor his work and recent passing. Not surprisingly, the performance yielded mixed […]
What Is This Thing Called Love?
by Karen Graves
“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” ― Lao Tzu February is the month of love. Although statistics vary, between $140 and $190 million Valentine’s Day cards are […]
Flip Your Switch to the Positive
by Lynn Ochs
Superintendents and school board members are gathering this week from across the country at AASA’s national conference, Leading for Excellence. Shawn Achor, renowned positive psychology researcher, speaker, and author of The Happiness Advantage is keynoting. […]
The Potential of Authenticity and the Role of the Leader
by Joe Moorman
There is nothing more liberating and empowering than being your true, authentic self. As a teacher, I was at my best when I could be my authentic self with my students. This did not mean […]
No “I” in “TEAM?”
by Beth D'Amico
Are we sure that there is no “I” in “TEAM?” Students in the very early elementary grades can tell you that, based on spelling alone, this is a correct statement. While it isn’t known who first […]
Ohio’s Straight A Fund: Deer Park and Mayerson Academy
This morning the Ohio Department of Education announced its list of recommended awardees for The Straight A Fund, an Ohio program aimed at helping schools launch creative new ideas for improving education. We are pleased […]
Transforming a School Day With Social Emotional Learning
In a recent Getting Smart blog, Mary Ryerse and Carri Schneider wrote about How 2 Minutes of SEL Can Change the Tone for the Day. In observing the character strengths work at Carson K-8 school in […]
How Can Leaders Solve Challenges with Adaptive Leadership?
Across fields, business leaders are navigating through challenging times. How can leaders solve challenges with adaptive leadership? Leading an organization through difficult but necessary change is filled with high-stake risks. This is where adaptive leadership […]
The Courage to Be Still
by Guest
Guest post by Stacy Sims, a mind-body educator and author. She is the founder of City Silence and the True Body Project. Her first children’s illustrated mindfulness book for children will be published in Fall, 2016 […]
The Strength of True North to Heal
In May 2014 the World Health Organization’s “Health for the World’s Adolescents” report revealed that depression “is the predominant cause of illness and disability for both boys and girls aged 10 to 19 years” and […]
Remembering the Inspiring Legacy of Dr. King in our Service as Educators
by Guest
Guest post by Carlton R. Collins, a College Advisor with Cincinnati Youth Collaborative executing the GEAR UP grant at Norwood High School working with 10-12 grade students. He was born and raised in Cincinnati and graduated […]
Spirituality and Finding Your Personal Sense of Meaning
by Karen Graves
I have before me the daunting task of writing about spirituality. Sense of meaning. Finding purpose in something larger than ourselves. In my mind, kind of up there with creating world peace and reversing climate […]
Trust Is Powerful – Trust Me: Building Trust With Students
by Joe Moorman
Last month I wrote about my own experiences and lessons learned around trust, as well as the application of the trust equation in building strong and meaningful relationships. This month, I am sharing an approach […]
Positive Education: Themes, and a Festival, for 2016
In a recent Psychology Today blog post, Mathew A. White, Ph.D. asks “Positive Education, What’s Next?” – and predicts three major themes in positive education for 2016: Positive educational change (moving beyond classroom delivery and into […]
Great Places to Work: Great Places to Live
We go to work for many reasons and for each of us the reason may be a little different. We might work to provide for ourselves and our families, to feel a sense of accomplishment, […]
A Time For Thanks
by Karen Graves
Unlike our mammalian counterparts, humans are unique to suffering because we have language that gives voice to our many challenges. In fact, humans appear to be the only sentient beings on the planet that have […]
Trust is Powerful – Trust Me
by Joe Moorman
Trust changed my life. That might sound like a dramatic overstatement, but the fact is that the intentional consideration, internalization and application of trust in my professional relationships has been the most significant lesson I’ve […]
Leveraging Character Strengths
Discovering the science behind character strengths such as self-control, conscientiousness, resilience, grit, empathy and social-emotional skills and how they are linked to greater school, college, career and life success, higher test scores, less bullying and […]
Using Character Strengths to Increase Resilience in Schools
Stress. We have been hearing a lot about it in education lately. It seems to stem from a wide variety of sources for educators including unfunded mandates, curricular overhaul, standards and high-stakes achievement tests, finger-pointing […]
Acting Out of Character: Stepping Outside Your Core
by Karen Graves
When I was a child, my behavior at home might best be characterized as “mild and meek.” My sister, 16 months my senior, was the opposite: outgoing, loud, argumentative, full of zest in every activity. […]
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