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Cultivating Compassion in Education


Collaborative Learning in the Classroom
Throughout human history, our greatest achievements have stemmed from collaboration. Modern medicine, the international space station,...
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Jun 26, 20246 min read


Love and Equity in Education: The Waldorf Approach
By Melissa Nilsen PhD In 1921 Rudolf Steiner gave this verse to the first Waldorf teachers in Stuttgart Germany. “May there reign here...
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Apr 16, 20247 min read


Cultivating Compassion for Difficult Students
By Melissa Nilsen PhD “Difficult students” are a foundational part of the teaching experience. Almost every teacher (or every honest...
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Apr 16, 20245 min read
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