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We Intuitively Know that Academics Aren't the Whole Picture of Long-Term Flourishing

March 7, 2019 By Dave Stuart Jr. Leave a Comment

Last August, I was leading a professional development workshop at a large high school in Wyoming. I asked the staff of 120 teachers to picture a student they felt was likely to succeed in life. I gave them about ten seconds to do this. Then, I asked them to tell me why they selected that […]

The Shift

February 14, 2019 By Dave Stuart Jr. 14 Comments

Last time, I shared a long and impossible list of things that teachers like us feel expected to do. Many of you wrote and shared your additions to the list (e.g., club sponsorships, lunch duty), making it even more accurate, and even longer, and even more oppressive. Suffice it to say, the default conditions of […]

The Argument for Earnest and Amicable Argument

October 25, 2018 By Dave Stuart Jr. 1 Comment

Argument, my dear colleague, is precious. I’m not being sarcastic here. Something that is precious (from the Latin pretium, or price) is highly valuable; it is to be treated with the greatest of care. Like an irreplaceable family heirloom passed down through the generations, argument comes to us not at the behest of some list […]

“Hang Up Philosophy”: A Note on Philosophies of Education

August 21, 2018 By Dave Stuart Jr. 1 Comment

When I was graduating from my teacher preparation program, I remember writing a “Philosophy of Education” statement in Microsoft Word. It had a cool font, and I printed it on cool paper. You looked at the thing, and you were like, “Dang. This guy.” So impressive… until you read it. That’s when you realized it should […]

The First Principle of Teaching

January 13, 2018 By Dave Stuart Jr. 2 Comments

When you approach a problem by first stripping it down to its most elemental parts, that’s a “first principles” approach to problem-solving. The authors of the Declaration of Independence demonstrate this approach. The relationship between Great Britain and the thirteen colonies was fraught with debate and complexity in 1776, and to explain their solution to […]

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