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Why Some Children Save Their Collapse for Home
Spiral We | Parent Reflection
Jun 13
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Dr. Karen Arnstein
and
Dr. Barry Gelston
From Deficit to Difference
When Development Looks Contradictory
Jun 11
•
Dr. Karen Arnstein
Why Some Learners Adapt Until They Disappear
When the Lesson Stops Being the Lesson
Jun 9
•
Dr. Karen Arnstein
and
Dr. Barry Gelston
3
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Regulation Changes More Than Behavior
When Quiet Gets Mistaken for Regulation
Jun 4
•
Dr. Karen Arnstein
and
Dr. Barry Gelston
2
3
1
The Behaviors We Misread Most
When Interpretation Gets Harder
Jun 2
•
Dr. Karen Arnstein
1
May 2026
Whose Knowledge Counts? What Linda Tuhiwai Smith Helps Us Reconsider
The Moments Students Realize Something Was Missing
May 28
•
Dr. Karen Arnstein
and
Dr. Barry Gelston
1
1
The Students We Understand Last
Some students make sense to us immediately.
May 26
•
Dr. Karen Arnstein
and
Dr. Barry Gelston
1
Why Brilliant Students Sometimes Suddenly Struggle
What asynchronous development helps us see
May 21
•
Dr. Karen Arnstein
and
Dr. Barry Gelston
2
2
Learning Is Never Culturally Neutral: What Jin Li Helps Us See
A student stays after class rewriting an already excellent essay—not for extra credit, but because it “could be better.” Another confidently raises…
May 14
•
Dr. Karen Arnstein
and
Dr. Barry Gelston
1
1
We Are All Piaget: PJ Sedillo and the Spiral of Becoming
In every classroom, a teacher looks into the eyes of a child and wonders—what is happening in there?
May 12
•
Dr. Karen Arnstein
and
Dr. Barry Gelston
1
What Kenji Hakuta Saw Before Education Was Ready
A child answers fluently in two languages on the playground but freezes during a classroom assessment.
May 7
•
Dr. Karen Arnstein
and
Dr. Barry Gelston
1
Learning is Cultural Before It Is Cognitive
Why development, identity, and context shape how learners make meaning
May 5
•
Dr. Karen Arnstein
and
Dr. Barry Gelston
1
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