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    REAL in Action | Teacher Features | Teachers

    Teacher Feature: Dr. David Reynolds on How Great Discussion Teaches Everyone in the Room

    ByREAL Discussion May 4, 2026April 30, 2026

    Dr. David Reynolds of Pembroke Hill School shares why great discussion benefits everyone in the classroom, helping students grow while teachers learn through listening in this R.E.A.L. Discussion Teacher Feature.

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    Teacher Features | Teachers

    Teacher Feature: 3 Educators on Turning Students into Confident Contributors

    ByREAL Discussion April 21, 2026April 30, 2026

    In this Teacher Feature, three educators from Villa Duchesne share how R.E.A.L. Discussion helps students build confidence, strengthen critical thinking, improve listening skills, and find their voice. From quiet students speaking up for the first time to peers learning to challenge ideas respectfully, their stories show why teaching discussion skills matters now more than ever.

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    Technology | Research | From the Founder

    The Other AI: Why Independent Schools Need a Strategy for Authentic Interaction

    ByREAL Discussion April 21, 2026April 21, 2026

    As schools navigate the rapid rise of artificial intelligence, many leaders are rightly focused on policy, tools, and academic implications. But there is another urgent priority hiding in plain sight: the human skills students need to thrive in an AI-shaped world. This article originally appeared in the Winter 2026 edition of Independent School magazine, published…

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    Resources | Beyond the Syllabus | Teachers

    3 Ways Faculty Summer Reading Strengthens School Culture and Strategy

    ByREAL Discussion April 13, 2026April 9, 2026

    by Sidra Smith, PhD Sidra Smith, Head of Professional Learning at R.E.A.L. Discussion, shares her perspective as an educator and leader who has spent years designing and leading faculty summer reading experiences across schools—and now supports teams in turning those experiences into meaningful, schoolwide professional learning. For many years, spring marked my “summer reading” season….

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    Teacher Features | REAL in Action | Teachers

    Teacher Feature: Maggie Iuni on Making Discussion Meaningful for Students

    ByREAL Discussion April 7, 2026April 30, 2026

    Thank you to Maggie Iuni for sharing her R.E.A.L. life with us! Maggie is an English teacher at Berkeley Carroll School in Brooklyn, NY. We loved hearing about Maggie’s experience using R.E.A.L. to help her students grow their curiosity and perspective-taking, and discover their own “why” when it comes to learning discussion skills.  Name: Margaret…

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  • 4 Challenges Gen Z and Gen Alpha Learners Face (And What We Can Do About It)
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    4 Challenges Gen Z and Gen Alpha Learners Face (And What We Can Do About It)

    ByREAL Discussion April 3, 2026April 3, 2026

    Explore 4 challenges shaping Gen Z and Gen Alpha learners today—and how schools can rebuild communication and discussion skills in an AI-driven world.

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  • Conversation Comeback: A Teachers Guide to Class Discussion in a Distracted, Divided World by Liza Garonzik Book Cover
    Company News | REAL in Action | From the Founder

    Introducing – Conversation Comeback: A Teacher’s Guide to Class Discussion in a Distracted, Divided World

    ByREAL Discussion March 2, 2026March 3, 2026

    School leaders and teachers see the Conversation Crisis every day. Students arrive academically capable, but when it is time to engage in real discussion, something happens. Participation feels risky. Silence feels safer. Community breaks down. It is the predictable result of a screen-saturated, polarized, AI-shaped world. Enter Conversation Comeback.: A Teacher’s Guide to Class Discussion…

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  • Humanities and Humanity in an AI World: An Educator’s Manifesto
    Technology | Resources | Company News | Beyond the Syllabus | Teachers | From the Founder

    Humanities and Humanity in an AI World: An Educator’s Manifesto

    ByREAL Discussion February 19, 2026March 27, 2026

    On The Purpose and Practice of K-12 Humanities Teaching in Today’s World, Co-written by Humanities Educators | 2026 Schools are moving quickly to adopt AI. New policies are being drafted. New tools are being piloted. Professional development is focused on integration and regulation. All of this work matters. But as the AI conversation accelerates, something…

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    Teacher Features | REAL in Action | Teachers

    Teacher Feature: Anastacia Ike-Foreman on Teaching Listening as Core to Discussion

    ByREAL Discussion February 9, 2026April 30, 2026

    Thank you to Anastacia Ike-Foreman for sharing her R.E.A.L. life with us! Anastacia is a seventh and tenth-grade English teacher at Tarbut V’Torah Community Day School (TVT) in Irvine, CA. She shared her perspective that listening is the heart of discussion and that structured dialogue helps her students move beyond black‑and‑white thinking toward more nuanced…

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  • What Higher Ed Can Teach K–12 About Dialogue: A Conversation with Dartmouth’s Kristi Clemens
    Expert Interviews | Teachers | From the Founder

    What Higher Ed Can Teach K–12 About Dialogue: A Conversation with Dartmouth’s Kristi Clemens

    ByREAL Discussion November 3, 2025March 16, 2026

    I recently found myself nodding enthusiastically as I was reading Sian Leah Beilock’s article in The Atlantic, “Teach Students How to Think, Not What to Think.” Beilock, a cognitive scientist and the president of Dartmouth College, argues that higher education should focus less on ideology and more on helping students develop the skills to think…

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