Recs — Mary Sutherland

How to Build your Confidence | Brittany Packnett Cunningham

Confidence is the engine that drives everything, but it doesn’t grow on trees, and it isn’t produced via empty praise.

My journey from Marine to actor | Adam Driver

Maybe this video doesn’t seem like it’s about education, but if you don’t recognize the 17 year old boy Adam describes, my guess is you’re not a teacher. His talk hits on the most important lessons to revisit with students…how to find community where we think we don’t belong, how to be vulnerable, how to connect.

Fulfilling Potantial

If you’ve never heard of Carol Dweck or only know of her name and research in passing, this quick primer for parents outlines the fundamental differences between a growth mindset and a fixed mindset, and gives you tools for cultivating the former in your kids.