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“Show. Don’t tell,” said every writing teacher ever. And just as common was students’ response: “Why?” Whether describing a setting sun or explaining ...

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Research shows that resilient children, or children who do well in the face of serious hardship, typically have one thing in common—strong ...

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## [A CLASS Primer for Teachers](https://info.teachstone.com/blog/a-class-primer-for-teachers?hsLang=en-us)

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A Simple Solution to a Common Problem If you only had one day to get teachers excited about CLASS, what would you do? We know how important it is to ...

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Teachers, like all of us, have a limited bank of time and attention. So, it should come as no surprise if they sometimes lose focus on what matters ...

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To talk about CLASS, you have to start with kids. Beginning anywhere else just doesn’t capture what’s at the heart of CLASS: interactions that help ...

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To talk about CLASS, you have to start with kids. Beginning anywhere else just doesn’t capture what’s at the heart of CLASS: interactions that help ...

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If you are responsible for supporting teacher growth, I can make an educated guess about you: you are super busy. I can also guess that you are ...

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When I was a teacher, improving classroom interactions meant changing my behavior. While this wasn’t always easy, I always felt like I had direct ...

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## [Better Every Day: Online PD and a Culture of Improvement](https://info.teachstone.com/blog/better-every-day.-online-pd-and-a-culture-of-improvement?hsLang=en-us)

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Long before my time developing online professional development for teachers, in my first year of teaching middle school, I received a gift I would ...

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