Category: Teachers
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Teacher Feature: Dr. David Reynolds on How Great Discussion Teaches Everyone in the Room
Read More: Teacher Feature: Dr. David Reynolds on How Great Discussion Teaches Everyone in the RoomDr. David Reynolds of Pembroke Hill School shares why great discussion benefits everyone in the classroom, helping students grow while teachers learn through listening in this R.E.A.L. Discussion…
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Teacher Feature: 3 Educators on Turning Students into Confident Contributors
Read More: Teacher Feature: 3 Educators on Turning Students into Confident ContributorsIn this Teacher Feature, three educators from Villa Duchesne share how R.E.A.L. Discussion helps students build confidence, strengthen critical thinking, improve listening skills, and find their voice. From…
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3 Ways Faculty Summer Reading Strengthens School Culture and Strategy
Read More: 3 Ways Faculty Summer Reading Strengthens School Culture and Strategyby Sidra Smith, PhD Sidra Smith, Head of Professional Learning at R.E.A.L. Discussion, shares her perspective as an educator and leader who has spent years designing and leading…
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Teacher Feature: Maggie Iuni on Making Discussion Meaningful for Students
Read More: Teacher Feature: Maggie Iuni on Making Discussion Meaningful for StudentsThank you to Maggie Iuni for sharing her R.E.A.L. life with us! Maggie is an English teacher at Berkeley Carroll School in Brooklyn, NY. We loved hearing about…
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4 Challenges Gen Z and Gen Alpha Learners Face (And What We Can Do About It)
Read More: 4 Challenges Gen Z and Gen Alpha Learners Face (And What We Can Do About It)Explore 4 challenges shaping Gen Z and Gen Alpha learners today—and how schools can rebuild communication and discussion skills in an AI-driven world.
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Humanities and Humanity in an AI World: An Educator’s Manifesto
Read More: Humanities and Humanity in an AI World: An Educator’s ManifestoOn The Purpose and Practice of K-12 Humanities Teaching in Today’s World, Co-written by Humanities Educators | 2026 Schools are moving quickly to adopt AI. New policies are…
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Teacher Feature: Anastacia Ike-Foreman on Teaching Listening as Core to Discussion
Read More: Teacher Feature: Anastacia Ike-Foreman on Teaching Listening as Core to DiscussionThank you to Anastacia Ike-Foreman for sharing her R.E.A.L. life with us! Anastacia is a seventh and tenth-grade English teacher at Tarbut V’Torah Community Day School (TVT) in…
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What Higher Ed Can Teach K–12 About Dialogue: A Conversation with Dartmouth’s Kristi Clemens
Read More: What Higher Ed Can Teach K–12 About Dialogue: A Conversation with Dartmouth’s Kristi ClemensI recently found myself nodding enthusiastically as I was reading Sian Leah Beilock’s article in The Atlantic, “Teach Students How to Think, Not What to Think.” Beilock, a…
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Listening, Trust, and Tools: What Hundreds of Teachers Taught Me About This School Year
Read More: Listening, Trust, and Tools: What Hundreds of Teachers Taught Me About This School YearSidra D. Smith, Ph.D. | R.E.A.L.® Discussion | Director, Independent Schools Program After many years as a school leader, this fall looks different for me. I am not…
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Six “Unhinged” Things I Did To Build R.E.A.L.® Discussion
Read More: Six “Unhinged” Things I Did To Build R.E.A.L.® DiscussionIt’s been fun to see other founders share the “unhinged” things they have done to build their businesses. But to me, this trend is more than entertainment. It’s…