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REAL Teacher Feature: David Barndollar
Read More: REAL Teacher Feature: David BarndollarThank you to David Barndollar for sharing his REAL life with us! David is the English department chair at Shady Side Academy in Pittsburgh, PA. Here are his…
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Learning How to Talk: Action Research Exploring R.E.A.L. Discussion Instruction
Read More: Learning How to Talk: Action Research Exploring R.E.A.L. Discussion InstructionOne of the best parts of working at R.E.A.L.® Discussion is that we learn as much from the teachers who deploy our program as they learn from us.…
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Discussion Skills as Democracy Skills: One Educator’s Framework
Read More: Discussion Skills as Democracy Skills: One Educator’s FrameworkDiscussion skills are critical for learning and for life – and that fact has become even more glaringly obvious in our hyper-polarized world. At R.E.A.L. ®, we’re convinced…
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REAL Teacher Feature: Robby Uhrman
Read More: REAL Teacher Feature: Robby UhrmanThank you to Robby Uhrman for sharing his REAL life with us! Robby is an English teacher at Hutchison School in Memphis, Tennessee. Here are his thoughts on…
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3 Tips for Handling ChatGPT in Your Class Discussions
Read More: 3 Tips for Handling ChatGPT in Your Class DiscussionsAI is on everyone’s mind – and teachers are no exception. The recent rise in generative AI has educators undergoing somewhat of an existential crisis. If computers are…
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Reading, Writing…and Talking: What if America Had a National Conversation Skills Curriculum?
Read More: Reading, Writing…and Talking: What if America Had a National Conversation Skills Curriculum?In what feels like a divided, screenbound world, here’s something I think most Americans would agree on: we need to re-learn how to talk (and listen) to each…
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R.E.A.L. Teacher Feature: Patrick Farmer
Read More: R.E.A.L. Teacher Feature: Patrick FarmerThank you to Patrick Farmer for sharing his REAL life with us! Patrick is a reading/language arts and social studies teacher at Nativity Preparatory School in Boston, Massachusetts.…
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Meet Me in the Middle: A Conversation with Ellie Walsh-Moots
Read More: Meet Me in the Middle: A Conversation with Ellie Walsh-MootsEllie Walsh-Moots is a Social Studies teacher, former department chair (and Jeopardy! Teachers Tournament quarterfinalist!) who lives in Nashville, Tennessee. She is passionate about studying middle leadership –…
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REAL Teacher Feature: Callie Hammond
Read More: REAL Teacher Feature: Callie HammondThank you to Callie Hammond for sharing her REAL life with us! Callie is an English teacher at Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart in Houston, Texas. Here…
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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,…