TKG LISTEN: How Girls Are Developing Earlier In An Age Of ‘New Puberty’

PT RESOURCE: How Girls Are Developing Earlier In An Age Of ‘New Puberty’ This article appeared in one of our recent newsletters as a resource for our PTs to start thinking about this developmental age that our students are entering soon: Many girls are beginning puberty at an early age, …

TKG LISTEN:Is It Really Self-control

 Is It Really Self-control: A Critical Analysis of the “Marshmallow Test” Who hasn’t heard of the Marshmallow Test?! One of the researchers we follow, Angela Duckworth(Duckworth Lab, University of Pennsylvania) writes about why scientists should avoid the immediate gratification of reporting ‘”findings” without a complete analysis of all the variables. We hope …

WEEK 19 “From Under Our Big Tree” NEWSLETTER: 5 to 7 Class (Spotlight on Supporting Self-Discovery)

“We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.” ― May Sarton By now, you’ve heard us talk about growth edges.  In our context, it is the space just outside what a student can do autonomously, with help from a teacher or parent …

TKG LISTEN: Zone of Proximal Development (Parent Teacher Resource on TKG’s teacher as facilitator philosophy)

This information, and more information like it, is offered to our Parent Teachers via our weekly newsletter.  It is curated to help our parent teachers become immersed in their experience and our community: At TKG, differentiated learning groups and small-group learning maximizes our teachers’ ability to help students stay connected …