Practicing Kindness, Talking About Love, & Inspiring Compassion in the Classroom

Busy week? We’re here to help. Here’s our roundup of top educational stories from the past seven days:

• As Aristotle once said, “Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.” Celebrate and practice kindness in the classroom with these heartwarming activities from Edutopia’s Rebecca Alber.

• Uplift your students, your classroom environment, and even your school’s atmosphere with these three tips on building and implementing successful classroom relationships from Meredith Sanders at Getting Smart.

• nprEd asks, “Should educators and parents be talking about love more with the teens and pre-teens in their lives? Could they do more to help students navigate some of the more bewildering emotions of adolescence?” Washington, D.C. school counselor Phyllis Fagell shares her insight.

• Addressing current events in the classroom can be tricky at best. English teacher Corey Block talks about using great stories to inspire compassion and letting students make their own connections to what they see in the news.

• For some regions, snow days are inevitable. Help your students maintain their learning momentum by developing a Digital Learning Day protocol.