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[Podcast] 7 Systems Outside-the-box Learners Desperately Need

Background I created this article and PDF – Student Systems Assessment for teachers and parents, to accompany the podcast interview of me by Jennifer Gonzalez. We dove deep into some great tips that will help you help your struggling students. Jennifer’s education podcast is called The Cult of Pedagogy and it’s perfect

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Homework over break!?

Uh-oh! It’s already that time of year again, Thanksgiving break is upon us. At this point in the semester, many of the students I work with struggle with a very definite and predictable pattern: Swimming upstream – These kids are in “swimming upstream” mode. They are “behind” and are often getting “extensions”

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12 Big Mistakes Students Make in September

It’s early in the school year, the buzz of the first couple weeks has worn off, and habits begin to set in. Some are good, some not so good. The habits a student practices in September set the tone for the rest of the semester (and often the rest of the school

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How Students Build Effective Systems (printable pdf)

The students I work with are notoriously “bad” with systems, which has a lot to do with why they struggle so much. Actually that’s not exactly true, because when a system matters to the student, or when they’ve had enough practice with implementation, they can be great with systems. For

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PEP – 3 Things you MUST keep an eye on in the final weeks of school

PEP Papers. Exams. Projects. Unfortunately, many students fail classes at the very last minute. And, unfortunately, parents often don’t find out until a week or so after summer break begins, when grades go out. Parents are often completely unaware of upcoming (and heavily weighted) Papers, Exams and Projects. Heck, many students

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One BIG Secret to Helping Kids Grow

We often try in vain to “help” our kids by… Lecturing Logic Reason Being rational “Talking some sense into them” But once they feel “threatened”, it’s not getting through. It’s so easy for us, as adults, to see what “needs to be done”. We can see so clearly that if

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