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3 Things You Can Learn From Fixing a Faucet

April 8, 2025 By Dave Stuart Jr. Leave a Comment

Dear colleague, A few Sundays ago, our bathroom tub faucet developed a drip-drip-drip that wouldn’t stop. I had a few options: I was feeling cheap (I mean, I was feeling mentally strong), so I went with #3. During the process, I gained a few insights about the teacher life. #1 – Fixing a faucet is […]

A Simple Pre- and Post-Test Exercise (Unpack Outcomes Example)

April 3, 2025 By Dave Stuart Jr. Leave a Comment

Dear colleague, The second-to-last strategy in The Will to Learn is one that’s easy to sleep on: Unpack Outcomes, Good or Bad. You can read a full explanation of the strategy on pp. 206-219 in your copy of the book, so today I won’t re-explain it here and will instead give a recent example from […]

The Trouble With Sitting Behind Our Desks

April 1, 2025 By Dave Stuart Jr. Leave a Comment

Dear colleague, A couple months ago, I was asked at a PD workshop I was leading whether or not teachers should sit behind their desks while students work independently on their learning. Let’s talk a little bit about this. So first of all, it’s important we create classroom cultures where our students are sometimes independently […]

Are We Becoming Grumbles?

March 28, 2025 By Dave Stuart Jr. 4 Comments

Dear colleague, Recently I came across this article in my archives from 2017 and found it very helpful, in that it both convicted and encouraged me. Gotta say — it’s uncomfortable for me to read at this point in my life, afflicted as I often am with concerns regarding rapidly advancing AI, the student motivation […]

Busy About the Business

March 25, 2025 By Dave Stuart Jr. Leave a Comment

Dear colleague, An important promise I make to myself and to my students is that we will never do busywork in my classroom. We’ll be busy, for sure. Time is precious, the fruits of learning are priceless, and you only learn by doing work with care. But it won’t be busywork. Here it’s helpful to […]

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