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Role Models Wanted

Trusting that parents are a child’s first role model, I am struck by just how many children look up to celebrities and professional athletes as the most important models of … Continue reading

August 4, 2013 · Leave a comment

Read This Now! Creative Technology

Each week, I’d like to use principalaim to highlight an educational perspective that I share or that I am wrestling with.  In this week’s Read This Now! entry, I would like to share an … Continue reading

July 30, 2013 · Leave a comment

How to Build Grit in Kids?

What’s the best predictor of success in a child’s life? “Grit,” says psychologist Dr. Angela Lee Duckworth.  “Gritty kids, according to Dr. Duckworth, possess the passion and perseverance it takes … Continue reading

July 27, 2013 · 3 Comments

Read This Now!

Each week, I’d like to use principalaim to highlight an educational perspective that I share or that I am wrestling with.  In this week’s entry, I would like to share a video talk from … Continue reading

July 27, 2013 · Leave a comment

Great Teachers Can Break Through Any Barrier

A picture is worth 1000 words. This safe has been through a lot. What do you think is its story? If I had to tell its story, I’d say it … Continue reading

July 13, 2013 · Leave a comment