Mary Cognata

The research is clear: Let the children play! 🤸🎉 If you want smart, healthy, well-rounded students, it pays to invest in recess.

“I love this city,” Wainwright said to the crowd after his 200th win. “I love being a St. Louis Cardinal. And I love that I got to play my whole career here.”

#Teachers with few behavior issues have the following in common: 1. Rarely gets offended. 2. Starts every day with a clean slate. 3. Talks w kids before/after class. 4. Considers de-esclation a win. 5. Doesn’t need the last word. Add yours 👇 #ThatOneKid #edchat

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr

We have become the impatient species.

Choose courage. #Wellbeingwednesday

This is stunning wow!

"A happy person isn’t someone who’s happy all the time. It’s someone who effortlessly interprets events in such a way that they don’t lose their innate peace." @naval

Effective teachers don't focus so much on rules, but more on relationships, routines, & expectations. If you focus mainly on rules, you will spend most of the year enforcing them. But if you focus on relationships, routines, & expectations, you rarely have to defer back to rules.

The political left is too extreme. The political right is too extreme. America needs a 3rd or even 4th party.

The sermon today was on John 8, and the pastor asked at one point what we thought happened to the woman after Jesus refused to condemn her. The women disciples, he imagined, picked her up, put clothes on her, reassured her that she was safe with Jesus. That sounds exactly right.

If I have a concern about something at my kid’s school… I should: A. Post about it on social media OR B. Contact someone at the school who can actually do something about it (I’m gonna go with B!)

I’m more convinced than ever… that a friendly smile and genuine greeting to the students we encounter during the day, is more meaningful than most of us realize. It doesn’t take much to inject some positivity into a kid’s day.

When teachers walk into a PD session, they shouldn't wonder why they're there. Find tips for making learning meaningful for your team, including offering surveys like this. insightadvance.com/blog/different…

How you treat the people you like and want to defend tells me nothing about your Christian faith. How you treat those you do not like and think are a problem tells me so much more about your Christian faith.

A great reality of positivity! #Grateful for this reminder!

When you start your day with gratitude you create a fertile mind and heart that is ready for great things to happen. When you feel blessed you can’t be stressed. Don’t worry about the day. Take it on with power and positivity!

Loving your team also means you challenge them to reach their full potential. You don't let them settle for anything but their best.

“It’s not that teachers teach ten months and are then off for two; It’s that they work the equivalent of twelve months in ten.” —@JasonAblin, The Gender Equation in Schools