Language of Possibility: How Teachers' Words Shape School Culture and Student Achievement (Increase empathic communication in your classroom)

Language can help lift or limit students. Based on brain research and authentic classroom experience, this book will help you get back to the optimism of teaching by reconnecting with the possibility of each student. From classroom practice to systemwide policies, readers will find strategies for shifting the way we approach teaching to cultivate the gifts each student has to offer.
Teachers and leaders will:

• Understand how limiting language stifles student growth and academic success
• Util...