Stacey DiLullo
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Stacey DiLullo
@staceyace21
Sparkling entrepreneur, Wife, mother, sister, aunt, friend, teacher, believer that all things are possible.
Katılım Ağustos 2014
130 Takip Edilen148 Takipçiler
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If schools ever focused on relationships the way they should, it would be transformational.
However, I’m afraid this is how those meetings would go:
“According to Benchmark 4B, your emotional output is below district average.”
“Please increase warmth by 12%.”
“Eye contact compliance is at 87%.”
“Reminder: empathy must be documented.”
FYI: Please upload your compassion logs before the mandatory meeting on Friday at 3:00.
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If a parent asks how they can help their child succeed in school, please start with the BASICS:
•𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩…8-10 hours
•𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐍𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧…must limit sugar
•𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐦…let them fail without quickly trying to save them
•𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐀𝐭 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 30 𝐦𝐢𝐧/𝐝𝐚𝐲…preferably something they want to read! 📖
•𝐄𝐱𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐞/𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲…helps kids with several life skills including problem solving & sharing
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We have created a system where covering content matters more than understanding it.
And the cost is enormous.
Teachers are not rushing because they want to.
They rush because the curriculum is packed so tightly that every minute is spoken for.
There is barely time to finish the lesson, much less pause for questions.
The irony is that questions are where real learning happens.
A question is the mind trying to make meaning.
It is the moment a student reaches beyond memorizing and starts thinking.
But when the day is so full that students cannot even ask questions, they never learn how to question.
And if they never learn how to question, they never learn how to think.
Yet people still say things like, “If the standards are the same, classrooms should look the same.”
That idea sounds organized on paper, but it reveals a misunderstanding of learning.
Two classes can have the same standards and be in completely different places.
Because no two groups of students are the same.
No two teachers are the same.
No two paths to understanding are the same.
Standards describe the goals.
They do not dictate the route.
They do not require identical classrooms moving at identical speeds.
Learning is not a race to stay on pace.
Learning is the space to wonder, question, explore, and connect ideas.
When we remove that space, we are not raising rigor.
We are removing thinking.
If we truly want deeper learning, we need less racing and more room.
Less pressure to cover content and more permission to understand it.
Less focus on identical pacing and more focus on actual growth.
Because students do not grow from being pushed through material.
They grow from being allowed to think.
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