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The Path Forward Blog: High Schools Leading the Way in Durable Skills

The Path Forward explores how schools across the country are infusing durable skills into their classrooms and practices. Authored by Michael J. Crawford and Chris Unger after 16 months of research in the field, the blog shares the stories, strategies, and tools that support the journey to making durable skills a priority, regardless of your high school’s size, location, or resources.

Learning How to Learn: How Schools Build Metacognition Skills

America Succeeds defines Metacognition as the awareness and understanding of one’s own thought processes, encompassing self-assessment, strategic planning of learning approaches, monitoring comprehension, and adjusting strategies based on reflection. It’s…

Not Yet: How Schools Cultivate Growth Mindset

America Succeeds defines Growth Mindset as the belief that abilities and intelligence can be developed through effort, strategy, and support. This encompasses embracing challenges as opportunities, persisting through setbacks, learning…

Present and Aware: How Schools Cultivate Mindfulness

America Succeeds defines Mindfulness as the ability to maintain present-moment awareness while understanding one’s impact on others. This encompasses emotional intelligence, empathy, active listening, cultural sensitivity, self-regulation, and the capacity…

Unbreakable Spirit: How Schools Build Fortitude

America Succeeds defines Fortitude as the ability to persevere through challenges, maintain effort despite setbacks, and demonstrate resilience in pursuing long-term goals. This encompasses both the grit to continue when…

More Than Grades: How Schools Build Character

America Succeeds defines Character as the constellation of ethical awareness, integrity, accountability, and moral courage that guides decisions and actions. This encompasses professional ethics, personal responsibility, respect for others, service…

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