Latest Page Additions https://www.holisticequity.org/pedagogy-blog.html Latest page additions to HolisticEquity.org en-us pedagogy Sat, 21 Mar 2026 14:22:30 -0400 Sat, 21 Mar 2026 14:22:30 -0400 holisticequity.org Mar 21, Is restorative justice removed from reality? Yes, sort of.
 https://www.holisticequity.org/restorative-justice.htmlf9f9765576957c96b686e7c67ff38d17Restorative justice is delusional when it is embedded in bureaucracy without carefully maintained protections from the meddling of bureaucrats.
Sat, 21 Mar 2026 14:22:22 -0400 Mar 13, Defense Against The Dark Arts Course Interest Page https://www.holisticequity.org/DADA-Interest-Page.html46a5a7d0a8ab986290dc1d8e3847e71eThe Defense Against the Darks Arts course for distinguishing education from indoctrination is in development, learn more here.
 Fri, 13 Mar 2026 14:42:41 -0400 Dec 12, What is a Moral Imperative in Education? https://www.holisticequity.org/what-is-a-moral-imperative.html580c92b39af8ce358d87c5e820818c78Asking, “What is a moral imperative in education?” Dig into two experiments that involve brain scanning meditators and imagining the Oregon Trail in April 1848.
 Fri, 12 Dec 2025 14:34:37 -0500 Dec 12, Understanding the Purpose of Schools: A Holistic Perspective https://www.holisticequity.org/purpose-of-schools.htmlfe7aa64d52cf09e2fe438242cbccc4ccDefining the purpose of schools can help us understand why conservatives are unnecessarily alarmed by SEL (which is presumed to be CRT in disguise.)
 Fri, 12 Dec 2025 11:08:46 -0500 Dec 11, Transforming the School System: From Moral Hunch to Meaningful Change https://www.holisticequity.org/school-system.htmlaa929dc6ae2ea20cfd85302f937b672dLearn what it will take to transform the global school system to better educate our children.
 Thu, 11 Dec 2025 17:46:55 -0500 Nov 30, Deconstructing the Engagement Myth: Why Intuition Fails in Classrooms https://www.holisticequity.org/engagement-myth.html83e9257bec297f8353acc03351f7f109How a student engagement myth was perpetuated in the most recent issue of ASCD Educational Leadership Magazine.
 Sun, 30 Nov 2025 13:09:16 -0500 Oct 20, The Book Instructional Illusions Attacks Self-Determination Theory https://www.holisticequity.org/instructional-illusions.htmle812fad2cd07c5ce1d518aa4ea7b4898In their book Instructional Illusions Kirschner, Hendrick, and Heal are just shadow boxing when they try to attack Self-Determination Theory.
 Mon, 20 Oct 2025 13:41:48 -0400 May 19, An Effective Teacher Needs An Anti-Bureaucratic School https://www.holisticequity.org/effective-teacher.html81ee00fa98d3b3622f22deb9776a37aaBecoming an effective teacher requires more than mastering instructional skills, it requires your school to support you to be a good person, too. Mon, 19 May 2025 15:20:18 -0400 May 19, Student Motivation: Education Hygiene Ep#1 https://www.holisticequity.org/student-motivation.htmldda473438b94ea630cf6136e4b909c49Boost student motivation with education hygiene. This video series will focus on the most basic behaviors that teachers use to boost student motivation.
 Mon, 19 May 2025 12:47:52 -0400 May 18, The Book How Learning Happens Misrepresents Motivation https://www.holisticequity.org/how-learning-happens.html64001aaa881e3438b08589d9f8389ee1The book How Learning Happens misrepresents the effects of motivation on learning. Discover the truth.
 Sun, 18 May 2025 11:57:24 -0400 Feb 14, A Practical Hidden Curriculum Definition For Healthy Schools https://www.holisticequity.org/hidden-curriculum-definition.html98ca79437b5c3209670951ed79c1468bHaving a hidden curriculum definition that is ideological but impractical is a waste. The secret to success is measuring the effects of the hidden curriculum. Fri, 14 Feb 2025 16:22:24 -0500 Jan 29, Back to Basics 2.0: What happens in Vagueness Stays in Vagueness https://www.holisticequity.org/back-to-basics.htmld7f678b57b77ca11deaf8295f90bc55fBack to Basics was used to politically reinforce the mainstream K-12 paradigm of schools in the 1970s. Learn about the new basics from science of learning. Wed, 29 Jan 2025 21:35:24 -0500 Dec 22, Replacing The Correspondence Theory of Truth https://www.holisticequity.org/correspondence-theory-of-truth.html649242542937306ffc07954304b12b2dThe correspondence theory of truth is being falsified by science and a new, more realistic theory of truth is replacing it.
 Sun, 22 Dec 2024 17:31:39 -0500 Dec 19, The Marshmallow Test is Misunderstood https://www.holisticequity.org/marshmallow-test.html0229a5bce987bd9bdec0d4ec77e99343The Marshmallow Test is about delayed gratification in kids, but some schools use it to pass the buck to kids instead of taking responsibility like they should.
 Thu, 19 Dec 2024 16:10:33 -0500 Nov 26, Is behaviorism in education a ghastly blight or perfectly great? https://www.holisticequity.org/behaviorism-in-education.htmle6736a3e1f7463fdea78852bb08b57bdBehaviorism in education can be controversial, but it does not need to be. Learn how both critics and champions are getting the science wrong. Tue, 26 Nov 2024 15:14:50 -0500 Oct 24, Clarifying In Loco Parentis: The Duty of Care Schools Owe to Students https://www.holisticequity.org/in-loco-parentis.htmlb793ae73f64929ac481543d205b1fe8fIn loco parentis is the legal foundation educators build upon, but too many schools undermine it by neglecting the psychological well-being of their students.
 Thu, 24 Oct 2024 19:38:48 -0400 Oct 9, Is Motivation Boosted By Achievement? https://www.holisticequity.org/motivation.htmld68538404559e65294e94542f81ef9ceMotivation is NOT a mental switch that flips when a child “achieves.” Getting it wrong causes problems, because well-being is also involved. Wed, 9 Oct 2024 14:29:42 -0400 Oct 5, The Agentic Schools Manifesto Book https://www.holisticequity.org/manifesto.html303d65afc6ef3cfdff6074212db6cf8aThe Agentic Schools Manifesto lays out the paradigm shift from academics to agency.
 Sat, 5 Oct 2024 15:07:28 -0400 Oct 3, A Contribution To The Work https://www.holisticequity.org/contribution.html621650628840b10f43fc749583b167f0Your financial contribution enables us to do the good work. Thu, 3 Oct 2024 14:22:38 -0400 Oct 2, What is the best philosophy of education for educational equity? https://www.holisticequity.org/philosophy-of-education.html12f434457bd71a12bdccafb9acfc74aaOne best philosophy of education is not realistic, but we can narrow the field for achieving educational equity.
Wed, 2 Oct 2024 13:33:23 -0400 Sep 27, How Education Policy is Maintaining a Market Failure in K-12 https://www.holisticequity.org/education-policy.html7e8978f96b51b0f130a55ceedf267744Education policy makers who invest exclusively in academic data are destroying our success. Investing in measures of engagement can transform the market.
Fri, 27 Sep 2024 11:51:38 -0400 Sep 25, Direct Instruction Treats a Symptom, Not The Disease https://www.holisticequity.org/direct-instruction.html3a15707ac58e92b69a021d9508512502Direct instruction is prescribed as a necessary reform, but it fails to attack the deeper social disease that needs to be cured in mainstream schools. Wed, 25 Sep 2024 18:28:08 -0400 Sep 23, “Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs” is Wrong—NOW Stop Using It https://www.holisticequity.org/maslows-hierarchy-of-needs.html4fdf6d11147e9bf99362b18f86f9bb7c“Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs” was a good effort for the 1940’s, but it has not withstood the test of time nor the research of motivation scientists.
Mon, 23 Sep 2024 17:14:46 -0400 Sep 19, Calming The Anxious Generation at School https://www.holisticequity.org/anxious-generation.html17d1c79ed0096b52bd7e62d5f87e6d3aThe book The Anxious Generation makes a variety of recommendations that do not go far enough to alleviate children’s psychological distress in K-12 schools.
 Thu, 19 Sep 2024 13:46:56 -0400 Sep 15, Correcting Drive by Daniel Pink https://www.holisticequity.org/drive-by-daniel-pink.html2437baf5099220a40d9f68d2b9ba6a99Drive by Daniel Pink presented the science of motivation incorrectly. Learn the current state of the science.
 Sun, 15 Sep 2024 18:03:12 -0400 May 29, Agentic Schools https://www.holisticequity.org/agentic-schools.html9fcf6225a8a224ee8d23308b1c4c60e6Host, Don Berg, interviews folks from agentic schools, where children's have the ability to make decisions about their learning.
 Wed, 29 May 2024 18:40:09 -0400 Jun 11, Politics in Education May Be Bad, But Both Sides Get It Wrong https://www.holisticequity.org/politics-in-education.html2c53185a71352ce1eb0423af4e596408Politics in education creates a lot of drama but solutions can only come from fighting against bureaucracy and humanizing the institutions of schooling.
 Sun, 11 Jun 2023 18:38:44 -0400 Feb 13, Classroom Climate Formative Assessment Tool https://www.holisticequity.org/classroom-climate.htmledece17941b78cf50dd606ac6d95eec8The first ever Classroom Climate Formative Assessment Tool is now available!
 Mon, 13 Feb 2023 16:34:31 -0500 Nov 29, Is Student Choice The Magic Bullet? Education Hygiene Ep#4 https://www.holisticequity.org/student-choice.htmlc53506df851fec97099f57944c3172f6Student choice is a good thing, but is it ALWAYS good? Can students have too many choices? For a psychological perspective on these questions, watch this video.
 Tue, 29 Nov 2022 16:18:18 -0500 Nov 14, Unconditional Positive Regard Is Good For Children- Educ. Hygiene Ep#3 https://www.holisticequity.org/unconditional-positive-regard.htmlc1b88f16d7cd9230646ae5af69cad57bIf unconditional positive regard is good for children, wouldn’t that encourage teachers to be permissive? Being permissive is bad, isn’t it? Find out!
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