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How Cognitive Biases Affect Student Perceptions and Educator Decisions: Making the Unconscious, Conscious and the Implicit, Explicit

March 30, 2024

How Cognitive Biases Affect Student Perceptions and Educator Decisions:Making the Unconscious, Conscious and the Implicit, Explicit[To listen to a synopsis and analysis of this Blog on the “Improving Education Today:…

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Helping Schools Pick and Implement the Best Evidence-Based Programs: Avoiding Mistakes, Best Practices, and Pilot Projects (Part II)

March 16, 2024

Helping Schools Pick and Implement the Best Evidence-Based Programs (Part II)Avoiding Mistakes, Best Practices, and Pilot Projects[To listen to a synopsis and analysis of this Blog on the “Improving Education…

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What Super Bowl Commercials Teach Education About Media and Product Literacy: The Language and Process that Helps Schools Vet New Products and Interventions (Part I)

February 24, 2024

What Super Bowl Commercials Teach Education About Media and Product Literacy:The Language and Process that Helps Schools Vet New Products and Interventions (Part I)[To listen to a synopsis and analysis…

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Michigan Mother Found Guilty of Manslaughter in Her Son’s School Shooting: Should Schools Lean-In to Hold Parents More Accountable for their Children’s Behavior?

February 10, 2024

Michigan Mother Found Guilty of Manslaughter in Her Son’s School Shooting:Should Schools Lean-In to Hold Parents More Accountable for their Children’s Behavior?[To listen to a synopsis and analysis of this…

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Strategies for Safe, Productive Classroom Conversations on Race, Religion, and National/ World Events: It’s Not If, It Should Be When

January 27, 2024

Strategies for Safe, Productive Classroom Conversations on Race, Religion, and National/ World EventsIt’s Not If, It Should Be When[To listen to a synopsis and analysis of this Blog on the…

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While Grades May Be Meaningful, It’s Still About the Skills: “Resolving” to Recognize that Report Cards are Less Meaningful than Student Mastery

January 13, 2024

While Grades May Be Meaningful, It’s Still About the Skills:“Resolving” to Recognize that Report Cards are Less Meaningful than Student Mastery[To listen to a synopsis and analysis of this Blog…

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A 2023 Review of Education’s Most (De)Pressing Issues: Productive Practices to Address the Pressure Points in Your District or School

December 30, 2023

A 2023 Review of Education’s Most (De)Pressing Issues:Productive Practices to Address the Pressure Points in Your District or School[To listen to a synopsis and analysis of this Blog on the…

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The Over-Simplification of Education: When Evidence-based Practices are Diluted, They No Longer are Evidence-Based

December 9, 2023

The Over-Simplification of Education:When Evidence-based Practices are Diluted, They No Longer are Evidence-Based[To listen to a synopsis and analysis of this Blog on the “Improving Education Today: The Deep Dive”…

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Too Many Schools are Teaching Students to Control their Emotions. . . the Wrong Way! Because They Don’t Understand the Science, They Won’t Succeed in the Practice

November 25, 2023

Too Many Schools are Teaching Students to Control their Emotions. . . the Wrong Way!Because They Don’t Understand the Science, They Won’t Succeed in the Practice[To listen to a synopsis…

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Solving Schools Most Persistent Problems: Safety and Mental Health Services, Discipline and Disproportionality, Special Education Litigation, and Staffing Shortages

November 11, 2023

Solving Schools' Most Persistent Problems: Safety and Mental Health Services, Discipline and Disproportionality, Special Education Litigation, and Staffing ShortagesSolutions from Four Recent Education Talk Radio InterviewsDear Colleagues,Introduction:   Today’s (and yesterday’s)…

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