Godley Independent School District
Godley, TX:
Thinking Hard, Working Hard
Great Thinking! The kids have been demonstrating some great thinking skills lately. I've been having them write about Hoot using text ev...
Feel Like You’re Working Harder Than Ever?: 6 Ways to Manage Your Time Better
A long-time elementary teacher shares her 6 time management tips for doing more with less - and thriving while balancing an increased workload.
How Thinking About Thinking Can Help Kids Build Resilience
Reflecting on our own thoughts is how we gain insight into our feelings, needs, and behaviors — and how we learn, manage, and adapt to new experiences, challenges, and emotional setbacks.
School is hard enough without worrying which bathroom is safe
The most important stories of the day. That's all. #TheShortList
The Case for Working Part-Time When You Retire
In high school, my Spanish teacher was retired but said he enjoyed working so he continued to teach part-time. Back then, I thought he was nuts, but there’s a solid case to be made for working after retirement.
The Working Mom Complex: Finding Calm in The Chaos
The Mom Complex' Katherine Wintsch helps us find solutions for work life issues—and she does it so well!
Healthier School Lunch Rules Are Working, Study Finds
The Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act is giving kids more nutritious food at school
Train Your Kids to Follow Specific Protocols When Working from Home
Kids have a knack for demanding attention at the worst moments, especially for the parent who works from home. Practice specific work scenarios, like conference calls, so your children remember how to behave when they really happen.
How To Help Your Child Process The Hard Parts Of Their Story.
There are aspects of this journey that take your breath away and cause you to grieve deeply. One of those aspects is helping your child process the hard parts of their story.
What is Your Thinking Style?
As we talk more about Student Voice and Making Thinking Visible, I always go back to these thinking styles – because they are so spot on about thinking and learning. As an example, I am a Concrete Ra…
What Are You Thinking, Man?
Some teachers don’t use directions for fear that their pupils will ‘do’ them. When asked about this in An Examined Life, Marjory Barlow said that you can’t leave out the words because y…
A Guide To Better Thinking
We live in an age that seems marked by attention deficit. Our lives have so many competing demands that a modern dilemma seems to be a lack of time to truly think. Yet thinking is the basis for everything that happens in our lives. It is a dangerous course to allow others to do our…
Deep thinking, powerful ideas
Helping people think, reason, and discern is the most important kind of teaching. Deep thinking leads to deep thoughts and powerful ideas.
What Is Lateral Thinking?
Lateral thinking has emerged as a new interesting topic, so if you haven’t heard of it yet, you’re missing out.…
Data on bullying hard to measure
Bullying data can be reported differently among schools and create an unclear picture of whether students in those districts are bullied more often than in others.
How to Encourage Critical Thinking in Kids
In an age when most kids are glued to their phones and their primary mode of communication is Snapchat, it’s a concern for many parents as far as to how to help their kids develop critical thinking. In a recent radio interview with WGN’s Vic Vaughn,...
Can Critical Thinking Be Too Critical?
When students are too critical of the texts they read in school, they perpetuate a culture of cynicism, according to one university president.
Why my dyslexic thinking is a skill
Creativity thrives on finding different ways of thinking, so why do we stigmatize dyslexia, instead of seeing it as a skill? Katy Wright, managing director of FCB Inferno, reflects on her experience.
Bonior: Will they be better grandparents? Hard to tell
Q: I always imagined that my relationship with my parents would improve once I was an adult. They were never abusive, but they were distant and formal,
How Cross-Curricular Lessons Inspire Critical Thinking
Connecting STEM with social studies and literature, students discover meaningful collaboration. GUEST COLUMN | by Kimberly Greene Cross-curricular? Critical thinking? How do these rather different …
