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    Janae Tovar
    • Aug 1, 2016
    • 2 min

    This too shall pass, be it muscle soreness or stress

    I have recently begun working out after a hiatus that was way too long. For those of you who have ever started or have restarted a streng...

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    Gene Tavervetti, Ed.D.
    • Jun 14, 2016
    • 2 min

    Avoiding the siren song of the "ultimate solution"

    I have a friend who had been overweight for his entire adult life. Like millions of men and women he would be successful at losing weigh...

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    Gene Tavernetti, Ed.D.
    • May 26, 2016
    • 2 min

    The boy who cried wolf, learned his lesson, then became a school administrator

    Once upon a time, it was decided that schools were supposed to look at data, to determine which students were not performing well. The sc...

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    Gene Tavernetti, Ed.D.
    • May 10, 2016
    • 2 min

    Abandoning the prescribed plan is dangerous to your health, and success

    If you have ever been prescribed antibiotics you have read the following warning on the prescription package: . . .It is important to fin...

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    Gene Tavernetti, Ed.D.
    • Mar 29, 2016
    • 1 min

    Cuidado? How caution is getting in your way with that new skill

    Me llamo Gene Recently I was listening to a language teacher who said the one thing that prevents people from quickly learning a language...

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    Carin Contreras
    • Dec 31, 2015
    • 3 min

    Which is worse, failure to launch or failure to fly the plane?

    In the world of public education, I often hear leaders reference initiatives by saying, “Oh, we do that!” “We do Project Based Learning.”...

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