Welcome to a blog dedicated to helping us connect to kids, and to all learners.

We all want kids to learn and to feel inspired. Ask them and they'll tell you: the surefire way to make elevated learning happen is to forge a meaningful human connection with them. Before we can address concepts such as math anxiety or other behavioral/learning/technological challenges we face, our foremost job is to connect to students as people. Then we all flourish.

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Robert Ahdoot

Sep 5, 2012
3 min

On the culture of accuracy

At first glance, it seems unnecessary to explicitly state that we should all strive for accuracy. The word "duh" comes to mind. As in, "Of course accuracy is important, Robert." But it's not "of course" all the time, because our schools run the risk of indirectly condoning inaccuracy unless we directly discuss it. One way to appreciate accuracy is to think of when the lack of accuracy occurs in our lives. How about within customer service, when one representative contradicts

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Robert Ahdoot

Jun 15, 2012
2 min

On grades

As summer begins to unfold, the topic on the minds of most students and teachers is grades. It's straightforward from the students' (and parents') perspective. Students do homework assignments, take some quizzes and tests, take the final, and their overall average is directly determined. From the teacher perspective, a much more general question pervades: "Is the content and assessment of this course appropriate, fair, and transparent?" Transparency is the ultimate key, not o

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