3 Creative Tips for Getting Students Excited Before School Starts Back Up Again Introduction While you may be dreading the return of school this fall, chances are your students haven’t even thought about it. This makes for a great opportunity for you! Are you ready to get them – and yourself – excited about the […]
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2017 Resilience in Action Award – Kimberly Boyd Introduction “What are we going to do with you – throw you in the trash can? Are you ever going to amount to anything?” While many others facing these questions would shut down, young Kimberly Boyd made a choice. I know for a fact I’m going to become
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Nancy Montoya Spices Up Elementary Lessons by Turning WhyTry Into An Online Game Nancy’s Story When the principal at our Title I school asked me to look into a program that dealt with student resilience, I was lucky to find ‘Why Try,” a curriculum for 4th and 5th-grade students. I have been co-teaching this program for
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December 2016 Resilience in Action Award – Dr. Laura Owen About Dr. Laura Owen Dr. Laura Owen, a research professor at American University, focuses on evaluating the impact of interventions and initiatives designed to address the persistent equity and access issues that so many students across the country face. Dr. Owen is the co-leader of
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Christian Moore Attends the 5th National White House Convening at American University Christian’s Story A few weeks ago, I had the honor of presenting at the 5th National White House Convening at American University in Washington, D.C. In two whirlwind days, my colleagues and I heard from experts like Secretary of Education John King, Michelle Obama’s Chief of
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