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The CLO Teacher: Why Mental Health Must Be Your Foundation, Not Your Add-On

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The CLO Teacher: Why Mental Health Must Be Your Foundation, Not Your Add-On

A New Way to Think About Teaching and Learning We have it backwards. For decades, we’ve talked about teaching as content delivery, with classroom management as the mechanism to maintain control so that teaching can happen. We’ve added mental health support as an afterthought—something counselors do, or something we address when crisis strikes. But emerging […]

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When No Becomes a Breaking News: The Untold Story of Oversensitive Students

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When No Becomes a Breaking News Event: The Untold Story of Oversensitive Students

Every time teachers sit together and talk about mental health, someone eventually sighs and says it — students today are too sensitive. And not sensitive like heartfelt-poem-writing sensitive. Sensitive like… one small correction and their emotional Wi-Fi disconnects. Before you picture strict teachers with thermocol rulers, let’s be fair: they’re not complaining. They’re confused.How did

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Why Technology Alone Can’t Teach India: The Real Path to Meaningful IKS Learning

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Why Technology Alone Can’t Teach India: The Real Path to Meaningful IKS Learning

We love calling technology the magic wand of education.And with 25 crore students, who wouldn’t want a shortcut? But here’s the truth no app store wants to admit:Tech-enabled education is a business plan. Education itself is a human plan.Especially when we talk about Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS), which is less of a subject and more

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17 Classroom Tasks AI Can’t Fake (No Matter How Hard It Tries)

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17 Classroom Tasks AI Can’t Fake (No Matter How Hard It Tries)

A practical guide for teachers who want real thinking, not robot homework Whenever I walk into a teachers’ CBP, the first ten minutes are always the same. Someone sighs, someone else rolls their eyes, and then the chorus begins:Students are submitting AI-made assignments… We have to evaluate this junk… Their basic reading, writing, and arithmetic

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When Teachers Say, “We Need to Teach Parents More Than Children”

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When Teachers Say, “We Need to Teach Parents More Than Children”

It happened during one of my recent teacher training sessions.We were discussing classroom challenges when a teacher at the back raised her hand and said something that made everyone pause: “Ma’am, sometimes it feels like we need to teach parents more than children.” A ripple of quiet laughter went around the room—but behind that laughter

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Why Teachers Are Irreplaceable in the Age of AI

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Why Teachers Are Irreplaceable in the Age of AI

When Google gave us information, teachers adapted. They started helping students connect dots, turning scattered facts into knowledge. Then came ChatGPT and Gemini, able to mimic that very process — linking, summarising, explaining. So the big question many ask is: what’s left for teachers? The answer: everything that makes learning human. Experience as Wisdom A

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Creating an Evolving Curriculum: A Practical Framework for Student Success

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Evolving Curriculum

As educators, we often ask ourselves: How well does the curriculum meet the needs of all students? It’s a deceptively simple question, but the answer requires some serious thought and clear leadership. The truth is, the curriculum needs to evolve—like a well-oiled machine that adapts to its environment and keeps running smoothly. It’s not just

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What We Teach vs. What They’ll Need: The Future Gap We Can’t Ignore

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What We Teach vs. What They’ll Need:

Let’s say you’re teaching a Grade 6 student today. She’s 11 years old, bright-eyed, and curious. She’ll finish school in the next 7 years. Then 4 years of graduation. Then, maybe, 2 more years of post-graduation. That’s a 13-year journey. And you’re not just teaching her for today—you’re shaping her for a world 13 years

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Activity at One End, Learning at Another: The Missing Bridge in Education

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Activity at One End, Learning at Another: The Missing Bridge in Education

In many schools today, experiential learning has become synonymous with “doing.” Students paint posters, build models, participate in games—and teachers often consider the learning complete. But here’s the hard truth: activity is happening at one end, and learning is expected at the other. The bridge that connects the two is often missing. What’s missing? Meaning.

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