Our family has shed a lot of tears this year. In March, the beautiful, loving matriarch of our family, my mother-in-law, transitioned into the fullness of her heavenly inheritance. She loved everyone, and went out of…
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Merry Christmas from the Scott Family!
I Passed my Dissertation Proposal Defense!
I passed my Dissertation Proposal Defense! Hello, my friend. I just wanted to let you know that I am now a PhD Candidate, which means I am now free to begin conducting my own qualitative…
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The Obsession with High-Stakes Testing Robs Kids of Opportunities to Flourish
How do kids grow mentally? Lev Vygotsky’s (1978) Sociocultural Theory of Cognitive Development is based on the belief that people develop cognitively by interacting with people in a social, or cultural, setting. Vygotsky argued that…
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Are You Seeing More Aggression and Defiance Among Children and Youth?
[***Pardon the language, please***] Click the link to watch the video that prompted this post: https://www.worldstarhiphop.co... Sadly, more and more teachers are telling me that they are dealing with aggressive, violent behavior from kids in their…
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