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Seth Godin: Why you should listen

“What is school for? If you’re not asking that, you’re wasting time and money.” –-Seth Godin Seth Godin is someone who I admire… a lot. I’ve been following his blog for four years, have read many of his books (Permission Marketing is my favorite), watched most of his videos and

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Standing Desks and how they benefit kids (video)

Please CLICK above to share. I recently did a 15 min interview with Trevor Brown from The Undesk I am a huge fan of standing desks and strongly encourage my students to try them. It should be noted that nothing is right for everyone and that you should find what

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"How do I help my kid if he/she doesn't want it?"

If I had a dollar for every time I heard this… Listen, trying to help a child who won’t accept it is definitely a hard pill t swallow, but you’re not alone, and there is hope. This trend often starts when the student is in middle school and can last

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The dip: How to deal with the falling grades pattern

“The dip” is something that notoriously happens right around the 6th week of the semester (typically, this means there are 12 more weeks to go). Things pile up, a few missing assignments, a few bad scores, and suddenly, everything feels overwhelming. The dip is very predictable. It actually starts at weeks 2-3,

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How post-its can help you get on top of school

Here’s a new video all about how students can use stickies or post-its to get organized. This is great for you if: you aren’t great with details you forget what you have for homework you procrastinate you forget to turn homework in you don’t like to study or don’t really

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One solid tip for organizing papers & homework

Here’s a video that just might have some great insights for you. It’s about one of my favorite systems I help students develop. I call it “the queue.” It’s a simple, powerful method of tracking everything important, homework or otherwise, in one centralized place. As one of my students said, “it

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Advocacy letter example

Hey all. Here’s a real advocacy letter that was sent by one of my families this year. Feel free to use the ideas to craft your own. I have a different article about email advocacy strategies here if you want more info.  Here’s the example (names have been changed):   Aug

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Real stories

I received this email last week and it articulated something I’ve heard countless times and in countless ways. Here’s a quote from it: “My ex was a total asshole to my Aspie and it’s infuriating that he can’t understand his own son, nor does he want to. There’s “that” as

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Planner haters

I hear comments like this regularly: I hate planners. I don’t need a planner. I just don’t like to use a planner. I know, I know. You really don’t want to use a planner. But you do need to figure out some way to manage the details. Seriously, I’ll break

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Advocating via email

Please CLICK above to share. Unfortunately, many advocacy efforts have little effect, so it’s important to make every step count as much as possible. In this post I will explain how I help families write advocacy emails at the beginning of the school year. This is mainly for elementary through

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