Leading From The Heart“If we can help children slow down and think,” Dr. Haick [school principal, Piedmont Avenue Elementary School] said, “they have the answers within themselves.” from:In the Classroom, a New Focus on Quieting the Mind By PATRICIA LEIGH BROWN, Published: June 16, 2007, NYTimes mindfulness Powered by ScribeFire.
Image: aafad 38/365 the name is lom… by lamont_cranston made available by a creative commons license on flickr. I just read an article by accident, on addressing the issue of racism in school, because I was looking for a different article in the March 2003 issue of Phi Delta Kappan. That one wasn’t available but … school reform 101
“AI’s fundamental approach of seeking to discover, honor, and amplify what works, the life-giving elements, is a “system” process that works at all levels, with individual students, one-on-one student-teacher relationships, classrooms, schools, school districts and communities.” from Leadership at Every Level: Appreciative Inquiry in Education by Rich Henry Appreciative Inquiry, for me, seems so logical, … Developing dreams, reaching our highest potential
The following is a rather lengthy quote, but I feel compelled to include it here. It is so revealing of the influence that teachers have on the students and the cultures of their classrooms. The quote describes a reflective period in a mini-action research cycle of one teacher – go to the article to see … Reflective Practice
Stressed-out parents may also tend to focus their child’s attention on negative events, the researchers add, which leads to a phenomenon called “attention bias” toward threat, making them more likely to see threats in their environment and to focus more intensely on these threats. from Genes plus parenting may promote shyness, anxiety on CNN, March … nature AND nurture: how our attitudes to learning can affect learning