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How to Reduce Students' Anxieties about This School Year

Tina Kruse

Aug 20
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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Building Resilience during "these unprecedented times"

Tina Kruse

Aug 4
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 pers...

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Why a focus on students’ strengths beats a focus on their weaknesses

Tina Kruse

Jul 13
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 do-...

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3 Misconceptions about Being Ready for College

Tina Kruse

Jun 22
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 first-seme...

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Tina Kruse

Jun 5
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 p...

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Messy Online Teaching = Good News for Students

Tina Kruse

May 18
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” event...

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High-school seniors have lost so much in the pandemic, but what they are gaining is priceless

Tina Kruse

Apr 1
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
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
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, yo...

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Tina Kruse

Feb 8
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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