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Building Trust: Five Research-Backed Strategies for Meaningful Relationships

A Principal's Reflections

" Trust isn't built through grand gesturesit's earned in the quiet moments where consistency, honesty, and empathy align." Writers block is real, especially if you have been blogging for as long as I have (15 years). Going back and reflecting on past posts through my podcast has enabled me to explore new angles on, in my mind, very important topics and concepts.

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Retrieval in Action: Creative Strategies from Real Teachers

Cult of Pedagogy

Listen to the interview ( transcript ): Sponsored by Zearn and EVERFI This page contains Bookshop.org links. When you make a purchase through these links, Cult of Pedagogy gets a small percentage of the sale at no extra cost to you. What’s the difference between Amazon and Bookshop.org? If there is one learning strategy I’ve probably talked the most about on this platform, it’s retrieval practice.

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Things That Shaped Me: The Conference That Woke Me Up

Moler's Musing

In 2018, I went to a summer Education and Technology Conference put on by Cincinnati Public Schools. I was excited. It was my first real conference. A well-known educator and author was the keynote. I signed up for my sessions. I filled my notes with new ideas. I sat there ready to learn. But somewhere in the middle of it all, a different thought started creeping in: “Why am I not up there?

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Ocean - with David Attenborough

Living Geography

A trailer has been released for the new film Ocean. OCEAN WITH DAVID ATTENBOROUGH takes viewers on a breathtaking journey showing there is nowhere more vital for our survival, more full of life, wonder, or surprise, than theocean. The celebrated broadcaster and filmmaker reveals how his lifetime has coincided with the great age of ocean discovery. Through spectacular sequences featuring coral reefs, kelp forests and the open ocean, Attenborough shares why a healthy ocean keeps the entire planet

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Sewing Survival: How Ice Age Hunters Mastered Winter with Reindeer Fur

Anthropology.net

During the coldest chapter of the Ice Age, when average temperatures in parts of Europe hovered below freezing year-round, survival demanded more than keen hunting skills. It required ingenuity, strategy—and good clothing. Reindeer fur would have helped ancient humans endure the climate of the last glacial maximum Esteban De Armas/Shutterstock At the open-air site of Kammern-Grubgraben in Austria’s Lower Waldviertel, archaeologists have pieced 1 together evidence suggesting that some

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Rayburn Tours on the GA Blog

Living Geography

A blog post on the GA's blog from Rayburn Tours' Chairman John Boyden. Im very pleased to have been linked with Rayburn, and working with them in Iceland, for five years now. There's a great group of FSTs. They are celebrating their 60th birthday this year.

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These districts are bucking the national math slump

The Hechinger Report

DRESDEN, Tenn. In early February, seventh grade math teacher Jamie Gallimore tried something new: She watched herself teach class. The idea had come from Ed Baker, district math coach at Tennessees Weakley County Schools. Baker set up an iPad on a cabinet in Gallimores classroom at Martin Middle School and hit record. Gallimore watched the videos twice, and she and Baker ran through them together.