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Jem Muldoon
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-Career public educator, lifelong learner-
“Compassion isn’t a weakness. It is the embodiment of truth.” -Rev. Benjamin Cremer
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What is the best way to prepare for new professional and personal beginnings? Here are suggestions from Columbia University psychology and mental health researchers: news.columbia.edu/news/how-han.... #beginnings #beginagain #newyear #anewworld
December 29, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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"Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us." ~Hal Borland
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#resilience #bethechange #bethelight
December 28, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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"May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears." ~Nelson Mandela
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#hope #believe #agency #possibilities
December 27, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Hope can be an opportunity to process events that seem insurmountable. In addition to being a shield, hope can serve as a pathway from one stage to the next. This piece from Harvard Medical School highlights why hope matters: www.health.harvard.edu/blog/hope-wh.... #hope #resilience #wellbeing
December 26, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Hope isn’t just wishful thinking — it’s a powerful emotional force that gives our lives meaning. A study from the University of Missouri shows it may be even more essential to well-being than happiness or gratitude: showme.missouri.edu/2025/hope-is... #hope #meaning #purpose #wellbeing
December 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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During times of uncertainty, our hope and optimism are especially key to our health and well-being. This piece from Frontiers in Psychology explores ways to promote hope and optimism: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC.... #hope #optimism #health #wellbeing
December 24, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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"People high in hope have sustainably better physical and mental well-being. They also tend to live longer and happier lives." Learn more via Psychology Today: www.psychologytoday.com/us/articles/.... #hope #health #wellbeing
December 23, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Hope is a vital first step in cultivating positive change—in yourself, others, or society. Research on hope identifies it as action-oriented and a skill that can be learned. The APA shares expert recommendations restoring hope: www.apa.org/monitor/2024.... #purpose #meaning #hope #EduSky
December 22, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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"It is good to be alive because living is beginning, always, every moment." -Cesare Pavese
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December 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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"Wherever you are tonight, you can make it. Hold your head high, stick your chest out. You can make it. It gets dark sometimes, but the morning comes...In the end faith will not disappoint." ~Reverend Jesse Jackson
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#youcanmakeit #themorningcomes #holdyourheadhigh #bethelight
December 20, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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"Hope involves a wish for something, the belief it will come true, and the trust that you have the capabilities to help achieve the wish." The Greater Good Science Center explores hope, its importance, and ways to cultivate hope: ggie.berkeley.edu/student-well.... #hope #believe #EduSky
December 19, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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What does it mean to graduate ready for a future that we cannot see? Edutopia explores the importance of moving students beyond surface-level conversations to deeper reflection, meaning-making, and action: www.edutopia.org/article/prof.... #action #reflection #meaningmaking #EduSky
December 18, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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"The ability to ask questions is one of the most important lifelong learning skills a student can acquire in the course of their education." Via Forbes: www.forbes.com/sites/juliab.... #artofquestions #inquiry #students #EduSky
December 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Students need opportunities to build cognitive endurance, the ability to sustain effortful mental activity over continuous stretches. Globally and in the US, students from communities of poverty show fewer opportunities to do so. news.cornell.edu/stories/2025.... #endurance #perseverance #EduSky
December 16, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Adapting Socratic seminars for the elementary level engages young students in the powerful inquiry process that elicits deep thinking, critical questioning, complex social interaction, and a rooted sense of community. Via Edutopia: www.edutopia.org/video/adapti.... #criticalthinking #EduSky
December 15, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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“I had to surrender so many wrong thoughts to begin to see.” -adrienne marie brown
ibpaworld.org #clarity #seektruth #truth
December 14, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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"You will achieve more in this world through acts of mercy than you will through acts of retribution." -Nelson Mandela ibpaworld.org #mercy #compassion #restorative #humanity
December 13, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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According to the Harvard Business School, only 50% of all organizational change initiatives are successful. This piece from HBS explores the importance of an effective change management process: online.hbs.edu/blog/post/ch... #change #changemanagement #leadership
December 12, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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In times of uncertainty and instability, we can still navigate both the change and the transition we are experiencing. This piece in Psychology Today helps with this process: www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/your.... #change #transition #proceedwithintention
December 11, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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True change in schools does not begin with a product; it begins with the people. In this Ed Week article, a turnaround principals shares the power of focusing on parents, teachers, and students to attain true change: www.edweek.org/leadership/o.... #change #schools #leaders #EduSky
December 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Effective change in schools is a slow yet constant process that values our interdependence and relies on shared leadership. Edutopia helps us reframe educational change: www.edutopia.org/article/refr.... #managingchange #change #schools #BlueSky
December 9, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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With new experiences, neuroplasticity, the brain's ability to change and adapt, increases. Neuroplasticity promotes the ability to learn new things, supports recovery from strokes, and much more. Via Verywell Mind: www.verywellmind.com/what-is-brai.... #neuroplasticity #change #brainhealth
December 8, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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“What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.” -Pericles
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#leavealegacyforgood #legacy #bethechange #bethelight #betheone
December 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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“I want my lineage to be a lineage of someone who fought hard for human existence on this planet.” -adrienne marie brown
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#leavealegacyforhumanity #humanity #bethechange #bethelight #betheone
December 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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"One of the major pitfalls when starting a change initiative is to push too hard, for too much, and too quickly." Learn ways to manage change effectively via Harvard Extension School: professional.dce.harvard.edu/blog/7-reaso.... #change #leadership
December 5, 2025 at 1:02 PM