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Readers are Leaders
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Positive Behavior Support Update
Our Dexter Park Promises
Positive Phone Calls Home
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Upcoming Events
10/17: Student Ambassadors
10/19: Quabbin visits Grade 3
10/22: #ReadyforTomorrow Chat
10/25: Mix it Up @ Lunch Day
10/25-10/26: AVMR @ Fisher Hill
10/26: PD Day (No Students)
This Week in Ed News
“We cannot make students become curious; rather, we must lead them to it by creating environments and opportunities for curiosity to flourish.” Bryan Goodwin
“[W]e need to help our kids see that it’s OK to profess ignorance, yet a shame to profess indifference.” Bryan Goodwin
“The best strategy for a task is the best strategy, irrespective of what you believe your learning style is.” Daniel Willingham
“Boys need to know that boys can be gentle… There is nothing inevitable about violence and disrespect toward women. It is learned behavior. We can teach boys a better way.” Justin Minkel
“Declaring, ‘Show me the research that this works, or I will refuse to do it,’ is a form of professional cowardice disguised as prudence. It takes professional courage to remain open to new possibilities, especially with the ones that threaten the status quo or our personal way of doing things. We can be skeptical instead of cynical, and we can ask questions instead of dismissing ideas outright.” Rick Wormeli in “The Problem with ‘Show Me the Research’ Thinking” in AMLE Magazine, October 2018 (Vol. 6, #4, p. 33-38), https://bit.ly/2Cy9fn1; Wormeli can be
reached at rick@rickwormeli.onmicrosoft.com.
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