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Incorporating a Growth Mindset Into Your Teaching Practice

Having a growth mindset is not only essential for students. It also can help teachers increase their impact in the classroom. That's the premise of our latest Edutopia blog post, which explains how the growth mindset as described by Carol Dweck, has implications for learning and improving education. The growth mindset is a belief that individuals can improve, change, and grow through application

We Respond to EdWeek's Question on the Importance of Self-Control

Marcus and I were pleased to share our response to the question: How can we best help students develop self-control? Our response appeared in part four of a four-part Education Week blog post: "Learning Self-Regulation Is Needed on Path to Academic Success," part of a Classroom Q&A with Larry Ferlazzo. In the post, we describe how young children need to learn self-regulation early in life as it