Date: April 16th, 2025

I want perseverance and I want to teach perseverance!
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Date: April 9th, 2025

Let’s look deeper into the simple skills deficits that are getting in the way.
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Date: April 2nd, 2025

Let’s change our lens on the kids we don’t like.
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Date: March 26th, 2025

Stop asking kids questions, give them statements!
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Date: March 19th, 2025

When you don’t clearly define what respect means in your school, then you end up missing the mark trying to teach it!
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Date: March 15th, 2025

Polly answers the question: “I’m a high school teacher and lately I’m quite shocked by how upset my students can get with each other in class discussions. I frankly don’t know what to do about this. Do you have any suggestions?”
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Date: February 19th, 2025

A kid swears at you in front of the whole class! How do you respond?
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Date: February 8th, 2025

Polly answers the question: “I need help with blurters! They have such a need to talk in order to process so I try to let them talk when possible but it gets out of hand. How do I manage this?”
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Date: February 5th, 2025

Social Emotional Learning is such a BIG topic! We really need to look at it as something natural that we lean into every day, no matter what we’re doing. Here’s what I mean…
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Date: January 25th, 2025

Polly answers the question: “I am a new teacher and I have a second grade student who has literally been sleeping in class since the start of the school year. To date, he’s done absolutely nothing. How can I handle this?”
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