Middle school is a fascinating age. Teachers who work with these students are a special group, ones who love that transition stage where you never quite know who is going to walk through the door
If you want to build an app for teens, what’s the best test of your design? First you base it on research-backed curricula. Of course you design it with the best safety and privacy guardrails,
In the rapidly evolving landscape of educational technology, AI tutors represent a frontier with extraordinary potential for transforming how we support student learning and wellbeing. As an educator deeply committed to mindfulness and systems thinking,
Recently I read Jonathan Haidts’ well-researched and cautionary book The Anxious Generation. There is much to say about it (which I intend to do in future blogs and podcasts). What it got me thinking about was how
By Alyson Showell LaPorta Last week, I sat quietly in the back of a classroom at Mastery Charter School, home to Inspiring Minds Greater Philadelphia’s summer program, observing an Inner Strength Education (ISE) session led by instructors Gaby
After many years of folding School District staff into our regular teacher training, this year we ran one just for them. The week after our teen internship, a room full of teachers from different public
In today’s fast-paced educational landscape, teachers often find themselves carrying the weight of not just curriculum demands, but the emotional burdens of our troubled world. The latest episode of the Conscious Classroom podcast offers a
Mindfulness in a Bowl Mindfulness doesn’t have to be complicated. Sometimes it begins with something as simple as a breath—or a bite of food. One of the most engaging lessons we teach is called Seeing
By Alyson Showell LaPorta You’ve probably heard the phrase before: systems thinking.It’s a cornerstone of how we approach our work and how we invite students to understand their world. But let’s be real—for some folks, it
By Alyson Showell LaPorta Lankenau Environmental Science Magnet High School is nestled in Wissahickon Valley Park—a calm setting for a school doing thoughtful, hands-on work. For the past five years, Inner Strength has partnered with Lankenau to bring
