The Classroom Comeback for COVID Calamity
Most schools have resumed in-person classes, bringing excitement, relief, and new, unexpected classroom challenges.
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How to Really Help Your Kids Grow in Character
Tom Landry, the former legendary coach of the Dallas Cowboys, struggled to find success during the team's first six winless years in the NFL. Coach Landry was known for engineering innovative formations. Yet, a little-known story about Landry reveals that a strategic change in his focus during training eventually helped turn his disheartened, losing team's record into a twenty-year winning streak, including two NFL Super Bowl Championships.
Teaching Money Management for Homeschooled Kids
When homeschooling kids, parents have the responsibility of teaching them inside and outside the classroom. One of the most important things parents can teach their kids is responsibility. Responsibility has impacts on various aspects of our lives, from being on time for appointments to managing money and finances.
What School Performance Indicators Should Focus On?
Education is more than just teaching children various subjects. There are numerous performance indicators in elementary education, middle school education, and high school education curriculums. Some school districts have hundreds of indicators to track.
Intrinsic Motivation in the Classroom: 3 Key Insights
Students typically receive praise for scoring high marks on assignments and assessments; this framework tends to place extensive value on innate intellectual ability. However, this rewards system fails to acknowledge the immense and equally powerful weight that having drive affords children in the classroom and well beyond. Read more
Virus Stuff
Using HC literally changes the atmosphere. Instead of pointing out what is wrong, we begin pointing out what is right. In the midst of negative headlines about coronavirus, it is a breath of fresh air to hear and speak encouraging words! Read more
by Liz K
The Storyteller
I am a storyteller. That certainly is not a description I would have associated with me before becoming a teacher. Put me in front of students, and there I go. I just can’t help it. Smack dab in the middle of teaching, life stories pop into my head. Like when my fourth graders were learning geography terms, and one of the words was rapids. I spent more time telling about a white-water rafting trip with my sister than time spent reviewing the ten or so terms. How could I help it? She face planted into the bottom of our raft which had six inches of ice-cold melted snow that had been rushing and tumbling and churning around us in a swollen river. And of course, like a good sister, I laughed like a hyena. Seriously. I couldn’t stop even when she cut me that big sister laser-like glare pointed so often at irritating younger siblings. Read more
By Barbara L.
Do-Overs: The Importance of a Clean Slate in the Classroom
A do-over. That is what I want to talk about. Not just a do-over when we return from Thanksgiving Break, hopefully refreshed, even if certainly our pants fit a little tighter. I blame it on those pies. I am speaking on behalf of a do-over every day with every student. Read More
By Barbara L.
The Superpower of Parent-Teacher Relationships
A healthy parent-teacher relationship unlocks the promise within a child. Honor is the super power component in this relationship. Honor authenticates the worth of another in tangible ways. Honor fortifies relationships and motivates those who receive it. Read more
By Vicki V.
Greetings from Shanghai, China
Greetings from Shanghai, China!
We thank you for the gift to our school and the impact it is already having.
Michael E. Partain, M.Ed.
Head of School Learning
Beyond Academy
Shanghai, China