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8 Effective Strategies for Teaching Boys about Gender. Part II: Beyond the Canary in the Coal Mine.

Sep 14, 2021
4 min

8 Effective Strategies for Teaching Boys about Gender. Part II: Beyond the Canary in the Coal Mine.

As I mentioned in Part I of this two-part post, the main approach to thinking about boys and getting them more engaged with school and...

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The Real Learning Loss: Not In At-Home Schooling, But In the Home

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May 25, 2021
5 min

The Real Learning Loss: Not In At-Home Schooling, But In the Home

The constant buzz this year in the press and social media about the year of at-home schooling has centered on the question of learning...

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Autonomous Learning Behaviors Vs. Learned Helplessness: What’s Gender Got to Do with It? Part II

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Apr 20, 2021
5 min

Autonomous Learning Behaviors Vs. Learned Helplessness: What’s Gender Got to Do with It? Part II

Kenny, an 11th grader at a school where I am the academic director, is struggling universally in all his classes. The school which Kenny...

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The Double Standard of Physical Education in Schools

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Mar 3, 2021
3 min

The Double Standard of Physical Education in Schools

I had a love-hate relationship with gym class in school. While I loved to run around and play games, I was a heavy child after the age of...

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Jul 6, 2020
3 min

Moving at the Speed of Work and Play

Dolls and Blocks and Dress Up Closets and Action Figures are for play. Desks and Pens and Books and Paper are for work. Sitting at a desk...

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A Working Definition for Schools Regarding Masculin(ities)

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Jun 8, 2020
5 min

A Working Definition for Schools Regarding Masculin(ities)

All boys’ high schools, which I have worked for as a teacher, administrator and consultant, are simple to understand and, at the same...

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More Male Teachers in Schools, Better Educational Results for Boys? Not So Fast!

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May 11, 2020
4 min

More Male Teachers in Schools, Better Educational Results for Boys? Not So Fast!

The argument goes something like this… The preponderance of female teachers in schools, particularly at the elementary school level, may...

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Educating Gender

Feb 24, 2020
5 min

Turning Your Classroom into a Chrysalis

There is a dirty little lie that teachers tell and it is a complicated one. “I don’t play favorites in my classroom. All of my students...

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Jan 6, 2020
4 min

The Unbearable Choice

When we think about violence, it often looks 1) physical 2) taking place between a perpetrator and a victim and 3) worthy of intervention...

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How Great Female Math Teaching Creates a More Just Society

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Nov 11, 2019
6 min

How Great Female Math Teaching Creates a More Just Society

**By Bill Davidson Guest Blogger “I’m going to project two problems that I’d like you to solve on a piece of scrap paper,” I said,...

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Oct 7, 2019
4 min

Under the Microscope (Origin Story II)

It is Fall of 1994 and I am in my second year of teaching and being the English department chair of a school with a unique structure and...

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Understanding Mediators and Gender Assumptions: Focusing on the Sin not the Sinner

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Jun 24, 2019
3 min

Understanding Mediators and Gender Assumptions: Focusing on the Sin not the Sinner

Students want you to know who they are as individuals and they desperately want to seamlessly meld into the crowd, unnoticed and left...

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Nick Hanauer, Educationism is a Thing; The Way You Think About it is Not

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Jun 17, 2019
5 min

Nick Hanauer, Educationism is a Thing; The Way You Think About it is Not

Better schools won’t fix America and neither will Nick Hanauer’s assessment of the purposes and goals of education. I was recently sent...

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"You Just Get Down To It and Play:" Sylvanas, Anduin and Trends in Games, Gender and Community

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Jun 3, 2019
5 min

"You Just Get Down To It and Play:" Sylvanas, Anduin and Trends in Games, Gender and Community

Guest Blogger: Dr. Jonathan Cassie Despite the often fevered rhetoric surrounding gaming, playing games and participating in game-based...

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May 20, 2019
7 min

Barbara Wagner and “Macho” Education

Everyone is a giddy fan of someone. Some people have Arianna Grande or Bono, some have Venus Williams or Lebron James. Me? I have...

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The Myth of my "Fuzzy" Brain: Access and Confidence for Girls in STEM

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May 6, 2019
6 min

The Myth of my "Fuzzy" Brain: Access and Confidence for Girls in STEM

Guest Blogger: Alisha Pedowitz I remember exactly when it was that I realized that my brain just isn’t wired for math: 10th grade Algebra...

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Cardboard Cutouts and Humanizing Assessment

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Apr 29, 2019
6 min

Cardboard Cutouts and Humanizing Assessment

For three years, Chris, a very thoughtful and committed science teacher, and I conducted an informal experiment during one of the most...

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Apr 22, 2019
2 min

Can We Get Them Past the Dip?

Seth Godin, the marketing guru and big-time thinker, talks about the DIP. He describes it in his popular podcast, Akimbo, as the end of...

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A Point Earned is the Point: Gendered Reactions to Grades and Achievement

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Feb 4, 2019
4 min

A Point Earned is the Point: Gendered Reactions to Grades and Achievement

Guest Blogger: Leora Smith “Ms. Smith,” he queries, with widened eyes and a smirk, “how many points is this paragraph worth?” I slowly...

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What Does It Mean to be a Teacher of Math?(Just Meet Daphne Orenshein)

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Jan 28, 2019
3 min

What Does It Mean to be a Teacher of Math?(Just Meet Daphne Orenshein)

On Saturdays, Daphne walks. She does not do it alone. She has a group of friends who get on their working shoes and do their power walk....

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Jason is flexible and attentive, yet remains committed to his high expectations of my work in tackling tough situations and tasks. With a sense of humor and compassion for the rigor of a leadership position, he knows how to guide me with just the right amount of productive stress. I appreciate that.

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8 Effective Strategies for Teaching Boys about Gender. Part II: Beyond the Canary in the Coal Mine.

The Real Learning Loss: Not In At-Home Schooling, But In the Home

Autonomous Learning Behaviors Vs. Learned Helplessness: What’s Gender Got to Do with It? Part II

The Double Standard of Physical Education in Schools

Moving at the Speed of Work and Play

A Working Definition for Schools Regarding Masculin(ities)

More Male Teachers in Schools, Better Educational Results for Boys? Not So Fast!

Turning Your Classroom into a Chrysalis

The Unbearable Choice

How Great Female Math Teaching Creates a More Just Society

Under the Microscope (Origin Story II)

Understanding Mediators and Gender Assumptions: Focusing on the Sin not the Sinner

Nick Hanauer, Educationism is a Thing; The Way You Think About it is Not

"You Just Get Down To It and Play:" Sylvanas, Anduin and Trends in Games, Gender and Community

Barbara Wagner and “Macho” Education

The Myth of my "Fuzzy" Brain: Access and Confidence for Girls in STEM

Cardboard Cutouts and Humanizing Assessment

Can We Get Them Past the Dip?

A Point Earned is the Point: Gendered Reactions to Grades and Achievement

What Does It Mean to be a Teacher of Math?(Just Meet Daphne Orenshein)

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