Turn Challenges into Champions       Fixed or Growth? Why Mindset Matters We’ve all seen it or felt it. A fixed mindset is the belief that our intelligence, abilities, and talents are set in stone. In other words, students with a fixed mindset might think, “I’m just not good at math,” or...

    Clarifying Roles, Building a Team     In our recent blog post entitled “Use Restorative Justice to Create School Rules: 5 Steps to Get Started,” we cover some actionable steps to start on the road to creating a culture of accountability, collaboration, and empathy in our schools.     But...

      Part of the dilemma for school administrators who seek other strategies in responding to the misbehaving student is that they are often no more equipped than the classroom teacher to spontaneously craft an alternative to punishment.   Their training to be an administrator did not include...