What Independence in High School Looks Like
This blog was published by Grown & Flown: "Mom & Dad, Please Stay Out of My High School" My 15-year-old son won’t let me volunteer at his...
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Tina Kruse
- Aug 20, 2020
- 4 min
How to Reduce Students' Anxieties about This School Year
This school year will be Stress-Inducing. We all need to be ready to provide extra support.
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Tina Kruse
- Aug 4, 2020
- 2 min
Building Resilience during "these unprecedented times"
I recently guest blogged for the generous teen coach Courtney Harris. My message, which you can read here, focuses on the skills and...
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Tina Kruse
- Jul 13, 2020
- 5 min
Why a focus on students’ strengths beats a focus on their weaknesses
Anyone who has ever worked with me, whether a student or their parent, is familiar with focus on “strengths.” It’s the core of what I...
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Tina Kruse
- Jun 22, 2020
- 4 min
3 Misconceptions about Being Ready for College
This article was also published on Grown & Flown (https://grownandflown.com/teen-ready-for-college/) June 23, 2020 I’ve taught...
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Tina Kruse
- Jun 5, 2020
- 3 min
Listen. We need you.
My education work is informed by years of study and research, but also a poster that hung in the hallway of my graduate school. I would...
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Tina Kruse
- May 18, 2020
- 4 min
Messy Online Teaching = Good News for Students
We teachers stumbled through our unexpected online teaching. Here’s why that’s good news for students. In an era of “unprecedented”...
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Tina Kruse
- Apr 1, 2020
- 4 min
High-school seniors have lost so much in the pandemic, but what they are gaining is priceless
The list is long of missed events and traditions: the spring of senior year is special. After four years of high school or of college, a...
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Tina Kruse
- Mar 24, 2020
- 3 min
Our Social Brains
What COVID-19 is really teaching us about schooling and why it matters to our students in the long run Schools all over the world closed...
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Tina Kruse
- Mar 9, 2020
- 3 min
March Madness?
It’s that time of year again. Perhaps the words “march madness” brings basketball brackets to your mind….or, like many of my students,...
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Tina Kruse
- Feb 8, 2020
- 4 min
What to do when you get a “bad” teacher
There it is. It’s true. Yes, you will have teachers--and have probably have already had--some teachers who aren’t doing their job as well...
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Tina Kruse
- Nov 20, 2019
- 1 min
"Bounce-back Plan," aka Resilience
Successful students know that they can’t be 100% all the time, but what matters is how they get back up after they fall.
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Tina Kruse
- Oct 1, 2019
- 2 min
Helping Students with One TINY word....
Negative thinking holds many students back from success, but there is a small but powerful key to open the door to new thinking.
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Tina Kruse
- Sep 5, 2019
- 2 min
Do you En-Joy Learning?
While school isn’t meant to be a round-the-clock party, we all do better when there’s some joy in the mix. We remember more and do it more e
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Tina Kruse
- Aug 25, 2019
- 2 min
Ready for Back-to-School?
No matter how many school supplies you have, you may not be ready to go back to school if you don't have a plan for handling mistakes.
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