by Elena Aguilar and Lori Cohen

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    In This Issue:

    • Atul Gawande on career advice, burnout, leadership, and feedback
    • Distinguishing between growth mindset and intellectual risk-taking
    • Should calculus be the terminus for advanced high-school math?
    • Debunking three common myths about adolescent sleep
    • Professional judgment versus "fidelity"
    • Working smarter and working less in three key areas of teaching
    • An Arizona elementary school tries a team-based model
    • Stretching students' reading proficiency with partner reading at home
    • What happens when urban graduates end up teaching back home?
    • Twenty-five contemporary books for adolescents

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    In This Issue:

    • Should we differentiate for right-brained and left-brained students?
    • Using all eight senses (yes, eight) during classroom instruction
    • A hands-on approach to teaching grammar
    • Principles for teaching phonics in the primary grades
    • Steering young people to post-secondary success
    • Using children's books to teach math
    • The annual Kappan poll of attitudes on U.S. public schools
    • An animated history of the Spanish language

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    In This Issue:

    • Doug Lemov on cellphones and "rewiring" schools for belonging
    • How principals can get into classrooms for short informal visits
    • How instructional coaches can work their way into classrooms
    • Parent involvement that promotes student success
    • Avoiding hierarchical thinking about students
    • Bringing music into all classrooms
    • Some things we did during the pandemic that we should keep doing
    • Recommended graphic novels for teens

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    In This Issue:

    • A skeptical analysis of "grit" - and some alternative strategies
    • What's behind teenagers' mental health problems?
    • Doug Lemov on cellphones in schools
    • Timothy Shanahan weighs in on the "science of reading" debate
    • Thinking through the power dynamics of classroom management
    • Recommended children's books with neurodiverse characters

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    by Priya Parker

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    In This Issue:

    • A 1993 critique of U.S. math education: is it still on target today?
    • Is the Danielson framework suitable for evaluating special educators?
    • Answering parents' questions about gender-nonconforming children
    • The value of high-school students perusing print magazines every day
    • Getting students writing for more than the "audience of one"
    • Facing and overcoming imposter syndrome
    • Wordless picture books for middle-school students

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    In This Issue:

    • The pillars of a truly good education
    • Teaching students to be assertive about boundaries
    • Core activities of effective teacher teams
    • Adam Grant on the power of repetition
    • Orchestrating first-rate classroom discussions (continued from last week)
    • Unintended consequences in a college-focused high school

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    In This Issue:

    • Driving out cynicism
    • Seven ideas for dealing with a difficult colleague
    • Orchestrating first-rate classroom discussions
    • Effective writing prompts for math classes
    • A project-based chemistry and physics curriculum gets results
    • The track record of a principal preparation program
    • The mismatch between student teaching assignments and first-year placements
    • Recommended children’s books on facing scary situations

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    In This Issue:

    • A tribute to Bill Russell
    • Strategies for nudging students to deeper learning
    • Using student self-affirmation to close the black-white discipline gap
    • The benefits of a diverse teaching force
    • What to do when you're challenged
    • Jennifer Gonzalez on collaborative projects for secondary students
    • Insights on teaching gifted students
    • Children's books on perfectionism

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