• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content

Dave Stuart Jr.

Teaching Simplified.

  • ABOUT
  • BLOG
  • LATEST VIDEOS
  • COURSES
  • BOOKS
  • SPEAKING
  • RESOURCES
  • NEWSLETTER
  • Show Search
Hide Search

Dave Stuart Jr.

A Simple “Back from Winter Break” Classroom Activity

January 2, 2016 By Dave Stuart Jr. 7 Comments

If our aim is long-term flourishing for our students, then we all care about helping kids discover their aspirations, build goals backward from those aspirations, and remain committed to those goals on a regular basis. And yet, the further you get down the list of those skills, the greater the challenge becomes for our kids: Defining the big […]

My Last Blog Post of 2015: A Letter to My Readers

November 28, 2015 By Dave Stuart Jr. 5 Comments

Dear Reader, Welcome to the last blog post of 2015. During the month of December, I’ll be taking a sabbatical from writing. For me, December is a month for private reflection. There are several threads of reflecting that deserve attention: How is the school year progressing? What changes do I need to make as we approach the […]

Four Questions Deep

November 24, 2015 By Dave Stuart Jr. 9 Comments

I want you to try something with me this week: what if, in a conversation or two — with our kids, with our colleagues, with our spouses, with our students, with crazy Uncle Harry who you only see at Thanksgiving — we tried asking four questions in a row. “In a row” isn’t the best way […]

Dealing with Teacher Information Overload

November 21, 2015 By Dave Stuart Jr. 7 Comments

When this post publishes, I’ll be neck-deep in information at the annual NCTE conference. Actually, sitting here writing this and picturing what it was like at NCTE last year, let me correct that: I’ll be drowning, happily. But conferences are only an acute example of a situation that I suspect you, as a blog reader, […]

The Science of Mechanics Instruction that Sticks

November 17, 2015 By Dave Stuart Jr. Leave a Comment

At the time of this writing, Doug Stark’s Mechanics Instruction that Sticks: Using Simple Warm-Ups to Improve Student Writing has been purchased by half a thousand people; these educators come from seven different countries and 48 US states. (New Mexico and Delaware, if you’re wondering.) Needless to say, Doug and I are humbled and happy that the book seems […]

  • « Go to Previous Page
  • Go to page 1
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Go to page 171
  • Go to page 172
  • Go to page 173
  • Go to page 174
  • Go to page 175
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Go to page 213
  • Go to Next Page »

Copyright © 2025 ·