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To Guard and Cherish
Cultivating Compassion in Education
melissanilsen3
Sep 302 min read
Compassionate Education and America’s Mental Health Crisis.
As depression, anxiety, and death by suicide become an increasing threat in the lives of ten- to eighteen-year-olds, schools have an...
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melissanilsen3
Jul 125 min read
10 Reasons to Let Kids Play
“Play is the ultimate personalized educational curriculum, with each child creating their own challenges and solutions at little or no...
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melissanilsen3
Jul 15 min read
The Problem with Competition
Classrooms are microcosms of society, and the stage upon which students practice becoming adults. This is where adolescents hone the...
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melissanilsen3
Jun 266 min read
Collaborative Learning in the Classroom
Throughout human history, our greatest achievements have stemmed from collaboration. Modern medicine, the international space station,...
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melissanilsen3
Apr 167 min read
Love and Equity in Education: The Waldorf Approach
By Melissa Nilsen PhD In 1921 Rudolf Steiner gave this verse to the first Waldorf teachers in Stuttgart Germany. “May there reign here...
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melissanilsen3
Apr 165 min read
Cultivating Compassion for Difficult Students
By Melissa Nilsen PhD “Difficult students” are a foundational part of the teaching experience. Almost every teacher (or every honest...
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