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January 2017 Issue 5
Editor: Ed DeRocheCo-Editor: Serena Pariser
THINK ABOUT THIS = Then Do Something
How Is Third-Grade Reading Level Related to High School performance?
5 LINKS IN SEARCH OF READERS
“Emotions are chemicals that provide data about yourself and others, and the ability to notice, name, and understand your feelings is known as emotional literacy.”
-your-emotions
“A shocking number of young people can’t separate fact from fiction online—Stanford education researchers share their discouraging research.”
The Portsmouth Declaration:
A Call for Intellectual and Moral Excellence in Schooling
PROJECT WISDOM: “Our vision is to build CHARACTER by helping students take responsibility for their choices and actions, to build CONFIDENCE by motivating students to do their personal best, and to build COMMUNITY by inspiring students to contribute to the world around them while honoring the diversity that makes our country great.”
“Positive School Climates Can Narrow Achievement Gaps….
Broadly speaking, positive school climates are marked by a supportive, caring approach from teachers, a sense of safety from violence and bullying, students connectedness to schools, and parental involvement.”
LIFE SKILLS EDUCATION
.Overcoming Obstacles, a life skills program made available to schools at no cost through the Community for Education Foundation, addresses the daily behavioral and societal skills that will benefit all members of the student body, no matter their struggles, talents, or circumstances….The Overcoming Obstacles curriculum is available at the middle school and high school levels and begins with the three fundamental skills on which all other skills can be built: communication, decision making, and goal setting. After mastering these three core skills, students in both programs learn many other important concepts and skills, such as respect for self and others, teamwork, time management, techniques for addressing bullying, and conflict resolution.More information can be found at
Q&A
Ask Marilyn (vos Savant) columnist:
What characteristics would you look for to evaluate a person’s intellectual ability?
If a person knows “what” happens, they have average ability;
if they know “how “it happens, they have superior ability;
if they know “why” it happens, they have exceptional ability.
PARADE, 12-25-2016, p.9
January Blogs
Ed- Classroom Management
Serena –Let Students Make Mistakes
Character Education Development Certificate
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