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Building Confidence and Conversation Culture: A Case Study with Girls Preparatory School
Read More: Building Confidence and Conversation Culture: A Case Study with Girls Preparatory SchoolEmpowering girls to use their voices has always been mission-critical for Girls Preparatory School (GPS), an independent day school for girls in grades 6-12 based in Chattanooga, TN.…
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Disagreeing Agreeably with R.E.A.L.
Read More: Disagreeing Agreeably with R.E.A.L.by Dr. Ralph Covino They say that no battle plan survives contact with the enemy. Such was the case with my first set of R.E.A.L.® Discussions. To prepare,…
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Cotter’s Blotter: Learning Loss, Stellar Teachers, and SEL
Read More: Cotter’s Blotter: Learning Loss, Stellar Teachers, and SELby Cotter Donnell Welcome to the latest installment of Cotter’s Blotter, a biweekly blog post where I share some of the education resources, interesting ideas, and captivating questions…
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A Gen-Z Response to ChatGPT
Read More: A Gen-Z Response to ChatGPTSince OpenAI launched its groundbreaking ChatGPT AI chatbot in late November, the education world has been abuzz. Will such a sophisticated language model negate the need for writing…
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REAL Teacher Feature: Weesie Cook
Read More: REAL Teacher Feature: Weesie CookThank you to Weesie Cook for sharing her REAL life with us! Weesie is an English teacher at McCallie School in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Here are her thoughts on…
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Cotter’s Blotter: AI, Black History Month, & Future-Proof Skills
Read More: Cotter’s Blotter: AI, Black History Month, & Future-Proof Skillsby Cotter Donnell Welcome to Cotter’s Blotter– a biweekly blog post where I share some of the education resources, interesting ideas, and captivating questions we’re thinking about at…
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Skills for “The Good Life”: Today’s Kids Don’t (Yet) Have Them
Read More: Skills for “The Good Life”: Today’s Kids Don’t (Yet) Have ThemI feel like I need to preface this post with a disclaimer (which I encourage students – especially girls – never to do). But here goes: I am…
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REAL Teacher Feature: Helene Sughrue
Read More: REAL Teacher Feature: Helene SughrueThank you to Helene Sughrue for sharing her REAL life with us! Helene is an English teacher at Tabor Academy in Marion, Massachusetts. Here are her thoughts on…
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Teaching the Art of Effective Communication: A Case Study with Blair Academy
Read More: Teaching the Art of Effective Communication: A Case Study with Blair AcademyAt Blair Academy, a co-ed boarding school in Blairstown, New Jersey, relationships are everywhere: in the classroom, on athletic fields, in studios and dormitories, and around dining hall…
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Introducing Our 2022 Annual Report
Read More: Introducing Our 2022 Annual ReportAt R.E.A.L.® we’re big believers in the power of conversation. Yet in 2022, our org-wide resolution was to listen more – and talk less. So what did we…