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Dave Stuart Jr.

What Does, and Does Not, Work in School Improvement

November 3, 2015 By Dave Stuart Jr. 6 Comments

Before you click away, thinking, “Oh, this article is about school improvement, and I’m just a classroom teacher,” allow me to argue for the relevance of this post. First, and most simply, many of the things below that don’t work in school improvement also don’t work in classroom improvement. There are quick, potentially powerful parallels. Second, […]

Why I Would Love If My Children Became Teachers

October 31, 2015 By Dave Stuart Jr. 13 Comments

During a speaking engagement in New York several weeks ago, I met a mother and a daughter who both teach in the district I was working with. I had goosebumps while I was talking with them — two generations of the same household, enthusiastically serving in the same district. The image of these two women […]

Two Kinds of Curiosity and the One that Science Supports

October 27, 2015 By Dave Stuart Jr. 3 Comments

I’ve mentioned before that there are two kinds of curiosity: fruitful and fruitless. Fruitful curiosity Fruitful curiosity is that which we efficiently act upon as we’re studying a subject. In my survey world history course, I’m reading about the five pillars of Islam in our World History textbook, and it mentions the hajj to Mecca, so […]

Future You Wants You To Do Two Things

October 24, 2015 By Dave Stuart Jr. 6 Comments

I was driving home from a speaking engagement a few weeks ago in central New York — and thank you to the fine folks of Broadalbin-Perth CSD for having me, as it was a true pleasure — when I saw a billboard for the lottery. It said, in large bold print: “FUTURE YOU WANTS YOU […]

The 300-Word Guide to Pop-Up Debate

October 17, 2015 By Dave Stuart Jr. 12 Comments

Notes from Dave: I treat pop-up debate extensively in Chapter 4 of These 6 Things: How to Focus Your Teaching on What Matters Most. Teachers around the world tell me it’s one of their favorite chapters on argument in any source. Pick up your copy today! Pop-up Debate is a method for managing and facilitating in-class debates; […]

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