Why Ninth Grade Can Be a Big Shock For High School Students
High school is an important time in the life of any teen: hormones are raging, social cliques are forming and the pressure is on to develop a college resume. Teens gain more independence as they get o...
12 Sep 201834min
Can Inviting Teachers Over to Your Home Improve How Kids Learn?
Teachers can go an entire school year and only see a child’s parent once: on back to school night. And most parents are conditioned to think the worst when they get a phone call from the school. But w...
28 Aug 201825min
MindShift Podcast Season 3 is Coming Soon!
This season, we investigate the intangible, and often overlooked, elements of academic success: emotional safety, trust, and relationships. You’ll hear how teacher home visits can help parents see the...
15 Aug 20183min
Courage To Change: What It Takes to Shift to Restorative Discipline
The KIPP charter school network has made a name for itself preparing kids from low-income communities for college. Its early years were marked by strict and controversial discipline policies meant to ...
24 Okt 201725min
How Listening to Podcasts Helps Students Read and Learn
High School English teacher Michael Godsey found the Serial podcast so compelling, he stopped teaching his favorite work of Shakespeare to teach the wildly popular podcast instead. What does audio hav...
11 Okt 201717min
Be The Change You Want To See
Catlin Tucker and Marika Neto hoped that by redesigning the classroom experience they could shift what students value about learning. Instead of being focused on grades and points, they're pushing stu...
26 Sep 201723min
Stepping Back from Overparenting: A Stanford Dean’s Perspective
Parents are essential to a child’s development. But when parents get too involved in helping and directing a child’s every move, they can end up doing more harm than good. Former Stanford dean of fres...
12 Sep 201724min
A Whole School Approach to Behavior Issues
When Principal Michael Essien arrived at Martin Luther King Jr. Academic Middle School in San Francisco, he knew his first order of business would be helping teachers struggling to handle routine disr...
29 Aug 201722min
