An article in Education Week, provides a look at teacher biases and school culture in shaping discipline. Research has consistently shown that racial disparities exist in school discipline, with Black and Latino students facing harsher and more frequent disciplinary actions compared to their white counterparts. A study published in December 2022 shed light on the … Continue reading We Can With Two Rules-Wednesday 14
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We Can with Two Rules Wednesday 13
Two Rules is the foundation of building more than feeling good and safe. The Two Rules philosophy is a promise to students that their welfare is the center of a school’s culture: Everyone will feel good in this school and everyone will feel safe in this school. It is also a request that students work … Continue reading We Can with Two Rules Wednesday 13
Self-care to me is…
Please share what self-care is to you.
Spiritual Sunday in Prayer
National Prayer Day was held on May 4th. Each day in our calendar year has something to celebrate. May 4th was full of many things to recognize! I know coming all together in a day of prayer is very powerful. When tragedy shadows our home, community, or nation, we can find comfort, strength, and hope. … Continue reading Spiritual Sunday in Prayer
Solution Weekly: December 4-10, 2022
Growing Strong in a garden of weeds How do you grow a garden when it is full of weeds? Everyone is telling you to do something different, no don’t focus on that, but on this. Oh, why are you doing that? It would help if you were doing this. Where are your papers to demonstrate … Continue reading Solution Weekly: December 4-10, 2022
Today I will say….
My blog post on October 27, 2022, began with students saying. Embedded within the post was an article with data collected from middle and high school students. The data in the paper presented the biggest barriers to student learning, according to a new report released by YouthTruth, a nonprofit that surveys K-12 students and families … Continue reading Today I will say….
I was wrong! How many leaders can say this?
We want to hear our leaders say those three words when they have made an error or mistake. Many will quickly speak those words, and those will dance around to avoid them. Well, I want to tell you I have been wrong. I look back over things I have stated and the wording used. It … Continue reading I was wrong! How many leaders can say this?
Who, What, When and Where?
Questions ?? YES If you are in a large group setting, do you ask questions? I am asking this question because my next question is this: When you were in school, did your teacher encourage you to ask questions? For some of us, it may take a little more time to reflect on the days … Continue reading Who, What, When and Where?
S is for
http://www.bethesolutiondaily.com Solutions are always my focus; however, trauma and social-emotional needs became more of the center of my practice after 2010. I always focused on the needs of others, but my personal experience provided me with a more in-depth and enhanced view. A semi-truck hit this vehicle driven by my daughter. I was sitting behind … Continue reading S is for