Culturally, What Looks Like "No" Could Mean "Yes."
I was once so inspired by a lecturer that I was unknowingly shaking my head left and right back like I was saying "no." The lecturer stopped his lecture, and said in a condescending tone…
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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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