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    What Independence in High School Looks Like
    Tina Kruse
    • Nov 1, 2020
    • 3 min

    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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    How to Reduce Students' Anxieties about This School Year
    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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    Building Resilience during "these unprecedented times"
    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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    Why a focus on students’ strengths beats a focus on their weaknesses
    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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    3 Misconceptions about Being Ready for College
    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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    Listen. We need you.
    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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    Messy Online Teaching = Good News for Students
    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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    High-school seniors have lost so much in the pandemic, but what they are gaining is priceless
    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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    Our Social Brains
    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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    March Madness?
    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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    What to do when you get a “bad” teacher
    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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    "Bounce-back Plan," aka Resilience
    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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    Helping Students with One TINY word....
    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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    Do you En-Joy Learning?
    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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    Ready for Back-to-School?
    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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