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Education

Engaging Boys in Reading: Overcoming Challenges and Strategies for Success

As educators and parents, we want all our students to develop a love for reading. However, when it ...
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Looking for a Fresh Perspective

Sometimes it’s nice to look at something from a different perspective other than my own. I have enjoyed ...
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Minimizing Challenging Behaviors: What Would Jesus Do?

Students today face unique pressures, including academic demands and social media influence, leading to heightened anxiety that can ...
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Discovering New Things

Watching children discover new items can be so much fun.  The smile on their faces, the excitement in ...
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Beginning of the Year Testing Shows Some Concerns. Now What?

One of the very big questions in Christian ministry is, “How do we meet the needs of our ...
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The Role of Music in Education

Let’s face it: we’ve all had a song stuck in our heads before. Sometimes, it stays for days! ...
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Get in the Boat

My last blog entry was a “part 1” of a multi-part series.  In that entry, I approached the ...
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Finding Reasons to Say Yes

“Teacher, may I go to the bathroom?” “Can we have an extra recess?” “Could this assignment be due ...
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The Anxious Generation: Implications for Technology Use in Schools

As a kid growing up before the invention of the personal computer, I can remember sitting on the ...
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Reigniting a Love for Reading

We live in a visually stimulating world – inundated by images from every direction – from our cell ...
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