I'm all for high expectations! Every educator ought to expect every student to succeed, a priori. This is basic. It's part of Carol Dweck's brilliant idea, The Growth Mindset, about the role that ...

I noticed it first with parents. Working mostly in schools of choice, it was easy to sell prospective parents with rhetoric about academic rigor, challenging curriculum, and the like. But those ...

On December 4, AEI’s Robert Pondiscio hosted a panel to discuss bringing high expectations back to education. The event began with the Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research’s Steven F. Wilson, ...

When we approach setting high expectations as a positive and nurturing experience, we can integrate these two strategies to support students Teachers are constantly challenged with improving student ...

Teachers know that expectations matter. They know that having high expectations in a classroom can both support (“I know you can do this”) and spur (“I’m not going to accept your bare minimum effort”) ...

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