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Why Students Can Cope at 9 am and Not at 1 pm

At 9 am they can take the deep breaths. At 1:45 pm they walk out of the room, a few feet from the calm-down poster. Here's why the strategies fail...

Why Students Can Cope at 9 am and Not at 1 pm

At 9 am they can take the deep breaths. At 1:45 pm they walk out of the room, a few feet from the calm-down poster. Here's why the strategies fail...

Teaching to a Riot blog graphic: Why your students still can't focus after a 2-minute brain break

🧠 Why Your Students Still Can't Focus After a 2...

You ran the 2-minute stretch video and they still can't focus on math. You didn't do it wrong. You were sold the wrong dose. Here's what a real study found...

🧠 Why Your Students Still Can't Focus After a 2...

You ran the 2-minute stretch video and they still can't focus on math. You didn't do it wrong. You were sold the wrong dose. Here's what a real study found...

🧠 The Kids Who Need Movement vs. The Kids Who Don’t

🧠 The Kids Who Need Movement vs. The Kids Who D...

The kid you're most afraid to give a movement break to? Is the kid the research says will gain the most. Your fear feels real. The actual evidence just doesn't...

🧠 The Kids Who Need Movement vs. The Kids Who D...

The kid you're most afraid to give a movement break to? Is the kid the research says will gain the most. Your fear feels real. The actual evidence just doesn't...

👀 Part 6: Students Learn Better When These 3 Needs Are Met

👀 Part 6: Students Learn Better When These 3 Ne...

Autonomy helps students feel invested, motivated, and safe.Belonging helps students feel safe enough to engage, fail and know it will still be cared for.Competence helps students creatively pursue challenges instead...

👀 Part 6: Students Learn Better When These 3 Ne...

Autonomy helps students feel invested, motivated, and safe.Belonging helps students feel safe enough to engage, fail and know it will still be cared for.Competence helps students creatively pursue challenges instead...

👀 Part 5: Attention Follows Value, Not Just Directions

👀 Part 5: Attention Follows Value, Not Just Dir...

Explain it clearly. Tell students to focus. Repeat the directions. That's still most of the advice out there — and it's not how attention works. Attention isn't a control-it skill....

👀 Part 5: Attention Follows Value, Not Just Dir...

Explain it clearly. Tell students to focus. Repeat the directions. That's still most of the advice out there — and it's not how attention works. Attention isn't a control-it skill....

👀Part 4: How Do Learned Priorities Become Automatic?

👀Part 4: How Do Learned Priorities Become Autom...

Reinforced behavior is predictable. Once a pathway is carved, the brain runs the same script over and over. That's not a flaw. It's an efficiency. The brain doesn't want to...

👀Part 4: How Do Learned Priorities Become Autom...

Reinforced behavior is predictable. Once a pathway is carved, the brain runs the same script over and over. That's not a flaw. It's an efficiency. The brain doesn't want to...