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Announcing the 2nd Annual R.E.A.L.® Discussion National Student Essay Contest
Read More: Announcing the 2nd Annual R.E.A.L.® Discussion National Student Essay ContestToday’s teens spend close to 9 hours per day in front of screens – and devices aren’t going away any time soon. The results of so much screen…
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Let’s Talk About It: Designing Discussions Where Extroverts Practice Listening and Introverts Practice Talking
Read More: Let’s Talk About It: Designing Discussions Where Extroverts Practice Listening and Introverts Practice TalkingFor today’s students, discussion skills are critical. Yet, as teachers know too well: engaging introverts and extroverts in class discussion can be a challenge. Our research and methods…
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R.E.A.L.® Teacher Feature: Shaila Richmond & William Berry
Read More: R.E.A.L.® Teacher Feature: Shaila Richmond & William BerryThank you to Shaila Richmond & William Berry for sharing their REAL lives with us! Shaila and William teach seventh grade English and History, respectively, at St. Catherine’s…
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Why Our Interns Love Working at R.E.A.L.®
Read More: Why Our Interns Love Working at R.E.A.L.®One of the best parts of R.E.A.L.® Discussion is our intern program. As we work tirelessly to create meaningful, usable, research-backed programming for Gen-Z students, we have on…
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Communication is the Basis of Relationships: a Conversation with Susanne Carpenter
Read More: Communication is the Basis of Relationships: a Conversation with Susanne CarpenterSusanne Carpenter is the founder and principal at Carpenter Leadership, a leadership consulting and executive coaching firm that helps leaders and leadership teams become high-performing and strategy-focused. What…
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Why You Need to Talk About AI
Read More: Why You Need to Talk About AIToday, we’re thrilled to welcome Peter Nilsson — AI expert, seasoned school leader, and diehard humanities teacher — to the blog. A prolific writer, Pete has spilled much…
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Teacher Feature: Sydney Freibaum & Jennifer Cordero
Read More: Teacher Feature: Sydney Freibaum & Jennifer CorderoThank you to Sydney Freibaum & Jennifer Cordero for sharing their REAL lives with us! Sydney and Jennifer are sixth grade teachers at Hutchison School in Memphis, TN.…
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Discussion Skills in the Wild
Read More: Discussion Skills in the WildHow students who would rather talk than text imagine discussion in their futures We talk often about the “why” behind our work. We’re passionate about teaching discussion skills…
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Announcing the Launch of R.E.A.L.® Basics
Read More: Announcing the Launch of R.E.A.L.® BasicsAt R.E.A.L. ®, we are big on listening! Over the past two years, we’ve listened to our partner schools, and we’ve heard one repeated thing loud and clear:…
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A Researcher’s Perspective: 5 Takeaways from Watching R.E.A.L.® Discussion in Action
Read More: A Researcher’s Perspective: 5 Takeaways from Watching R.E.A.L.® Discussion in Actionby Harriet Piercy Harriet Piercy has taught English at London secondary schools since 2015 and held a number of roles as a curriculum leader. She is currently joint…