The @DavidGeurin Blog

Share this article Once I was working with an entire class of freshmen at the beginning of a school year, and one of the kids made so...

Share this article I'm not sure exactly how it got started, but for the past few years I've shared a joke every morning with o...

Here's a reflective question to ask yourself when you're making decisions about your priorities: What would happen if you weren...

These tips are actually true for conversations with just about anyone, not only students. Too often I think we avoid having a diff...

Relationships are essential to learning. Kids connect more to learning when they feel more connection to their teacher. A great classroo...

Every teenager is motivated. Every student is motivated. Every teacher. Every parent. Every person is 100% motivated. That's right. ...

You have a choice when it comes to your attention. You give it to things you value, the things you find interesting or rewarding or helpf...

Someone else's experience is different from mine.  It seems obvious doesn't it? But I think it's one of the most importan...

It was awesome to recently hold our first ever Jellybean Festival  at our school. The Jellybean Festival  brings together students of dif...

We have a basic speech class that we require just about every student in our school to take. It's not a graduation requirement, but o...

I completely agree with the tweet below from Jennifer Hogan. High schools can learn from elementary schools. And every level of educatio...

In 1993, famed college basketball coach Jim Valvano gave an inspiring and hopeful message at the ESPY awards. Valvano was fighting termi...

Some things we communicate intentionally. And sometimes when we fail to communicate intentionally, we send a message that we didn't m...

The current generation of students is dealing with more stress and anxiety than ever before. I'm sure there are many reasons for this...

The teacher asked her students to make some decisions about the direction of the learning. The lesson required independent thought and i...