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SOAR® Learning & Soft Skills Workbook (Curriculum Edition)

June 17, 2025

SOAR® Learning & Soft Skills Workbook (Curriculum Edition)

The Learning Disability Circuit: How Learning Disabilities Work

June 15, 2025

The Learning Disability Circuit Video Transcription “Learning disability” is the term we use to describe a low power supply of brain chemicals in sections of the brain that process language or math. Common learning disabilities include: dyslexia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia, language processing disorders, and more. For example, imagine this string of lights represents the neuron wires…

True Colors: The Personality of Education

June 1, 2025

By now, you’ve heard me mention Ginelle, SOAR®’s Operations Manager. Ginelle is a certified teacher; she was actually my son’s (favorite) teacher. She is very kind and easily wins respect from her students. But, she holds everyone accountable. I believe she is one of the best teachers I’ve ever had the pleasure to meet and am…

The “New Initiative” Bandwagon:
The One Fatal Flaw of Every Education Initiative

May 26, 2025

Why Do You Have to Work So Hard to Make Students Learn? You work harder and harder, but clearly feel a drag. You are tasked with more things to do, document, and correlate every day. Your extended efforts never seem to be enough. Students become more apathetic. Many people are quick to blame technology. But,…

“A ‘Good’ Teacher is a ‘Self-Abuser’ Teacher!”

May 4, 2025

“I am convinced that a ‘good’ teacher is a ‘self-abuser’ teacher!!” My grad-school professor said this in class one day. He was lamenting that his wife, a kindergarten teacher, had been on leave for two years to have their two children (they lived in Canada, with generous maternity leave). He specialized in reading development and…

View A Demo

April 28, 2025

View a Quick Lesson To view a complete lesson, click here. Lesson 6 is available for you to explore at the link above, right now! Request a Full Access Trial To request trial access to the full curriculum, complete the form below. Access to the full curriculum will be emailed to you within minutes and…

How to Teach a SOAR Workshop

April 27, 2025

It was almost-summer of 1998. I was wrapping-up my first year of teaching… at my alma mater. Just five years before, I was sitting in those desks. Now, my desk was at the front of the room. From this new vantage point, I could see that nearly all my 9th & 10th graders struggled with…

80/20 in the Classroom: How to Change the Way You Work

April 17, 2025

There is a universal rule that governs our lives behind the scenes. It works silently, only observed by those aware of its existence. The people who understand its power spend more of their time living happier lives.   They use this principle to accomplish more in less time. We can see it at work in…

Standardized Tests:
Two Proven Ways to Raise Test Scores

April 6, 2025

Research consistently confirms there are two critical ways to raise test scores on standardized tests: Build “cognitive flexibility” with metacognitive strategies.1 If students don’t have problem-solving strategies for learning content, well… they won’t learn it! Obviously. Teach the curriculum, not “to the test.” Teaching “to the test” –also known as “item teaching”– actually lowers test scores; it…

Teaching Students with Autism: Science that Empowers What Your Heart Already Knows

April 3, 2025

Teaching Students with Autism There’s a very good chance you could teach me a lot about teaching students with autism. You’re in the trenches, working with students every day, So, I’m NOT here to tell you what you “should be doing differently.” Nor am I here to point out “where you’re dropping the ball.” I…

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