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"22 Powerful Alternatives to 'You're Smart!'" by Angela Stockman

A former English teacher, Angela Stockman is the founder of the WNY Young Writer's Studio. She is also an education consultant with expertise in curriculum design, instructional coaching, and assessment. In this article she offers language to use with our children.

Punished by Rewards By Alfie Kohn

The basic strategy we use for raising children, teaching students, and managing workers can be summarized in six words: Do this and you'll get that. Drawing on a wealth of psychological research, Alfie Kohn points the way to a more successful strategy based on working with people instead of doing things to them.

You Can Learn Anything Video

Khan Academy is on a mission to unlock the world's potential. Most people think their intelligence is fixed. The science says it’s not. Enjoy this video!

2.28.17 Parent Meeting & Book Club

Please join us for the upcoming GATE Parent Site Representative Meeting and book club. Our Book Club 2016-17 Selection is “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success” by Carol Dweck. Mindset is a simple idea discovered by world-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck in decades of research on achievement and success.

We will meet at IUSD’s Learning Center, Room 1, from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, February 28th. This meeting is intended for adult attendance only. Childcare will not be available. Please refer to location address and directions below.

Book Club Discussions will be held during the first hour of the meeting. The last 30 minutes will be reserved for general parent site representative discussion topics.

Chapters 5-6 Discussion Prompt
Choose a quote that resonates with you from Chapters 5-6 to share with your group.

Meeting 3 Challenge: Embrace the difficult!
View challenges as opportunities.
Having a growth mindset means relishing opportunities for self-improvement. Encourage your child to forget taking the easy route (where little learning is done) and instead embrace challenges. When your child makes a mistake or falls short of a goal, they haven’t failed; they have learned.