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I’m so proud of my 8th grade KIPPsters who completed a frog dissection today!
A infographic describing results from a study recently done by Millennial Branding that highlights, among employment-related topics, the skills most desired by employers.
No surprise that communication skills, positivity, adaptability, and teamwork are all qualities that I want my middle school students to develop into strengths. These skills will set them up for success in high school, college, and the work force.
Super excited for my 8th graders to do their 1st dissection on Thursday. The specimens arrived today! I hope this experience gives them a boost as they transition into the best high schools in KCMO!
This makes so much sense… Worth a read!
Severe and chronic trauma (such as living with an alcoholic parent, or watching in terror as your mom gets beat up) causes toxic stress in kids. Toxic stress damages kid’s brains. When trauma launches kids into flight, fight or fright mode, they cannot learn. It is physiologically impossible.
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“In flight, fight or freeze mode,” Turner explains, “survival trumps everything else.” So when a kid who’s got complex trauma feels threatened or overwhelmed, exploding in rage at something that most people wouldn’t even shrug over is a perfectly normal response.
That’s worth repeating: exploding in rage, getting pissed off, stomping, hitting….it’s all normal. Until a school helps kids learn how to control their emotions, they’ll just keep losing it. For some kids, erupting is a stress reflex response.
READ, BABY, READ!
” […] the use of the term “achievement gap” has never been challenged or examined for what agenda it fulfills or how it positions our entire national view of students, teachers, and schools.”
“Acknowledging and addressing the equity gap recognizes that student test data are markers for a complex matrix of conditions—not simply the effort or aptitude of students, not the quality or effort of their teachers.”
i’m teaching cell division to my 8th graders so this is really relevant! :) and funny…
