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Be Good.
"Be good", I said to a friend as I waved goodbye. I usually say "talk to you later" or "have a good day", but this time I said "be good"....

Greg Mullen
May 18, 20194 min read


What is an ACE score?
ACE is an acronym that standards for Adverse Childhood Experiences. The original study was published in 1998 by the federal agency The...

Greg Mullen
May 5, 20198 min read


What is a Lexile?
Hello! I wanted to share some information with you about how Lexile scores are determined. I've been getting a lot of questions this year...

Greg Mullen
Apr 27, 20193 min read


Beliefs and Behaviors
Any student action is a behavior. To train specific student behaviors, teachers typically develop a series of punishments and rewards....

Greg Mullen
Apr 14, 20195 min read


An anecdote from a self-directed classroom.
A funny thing happened in the classroom today. As I welcomed my students into the classroom, one by one, a student stopped at the door to...

Greg Mullen
Mar 25, 20193 min read


Developing Student Independence
BRIEF BACKGROUND: COGNITIVE AND PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT The article (posted in 2012), "Developmental Stages of Infants and Children",...

Greg Mullen
Mar 10, 201912 min read


To Adopt and Adapt
I am very pleased that the SpEd team at my school have begun redesigning their IEP goals to include GenEd academic standards in order to...

Greg Mullen
Feb 23, 20191 min read
Assessment & Standards-Based Grading
Consider a math test covering seven state standards taught so far and defined by targeted assessment questions that measure individual...

Greg Mullen
Feb 2, 20192 min read


Standards-Based Grading: A Perspective
The tools I create target teachers interested in a perspective that seeks to identify patterns in student development that can be either...

Greg Mullen
Feb 2, 20193 min read


About Social-Emotional Learning
SEL is not the solution! As I continue to research and further develop my philosophy and framework, it continues to be shown that SEL...

Greg Mullen
Feb 2, 20192 min read


Why Care About Cognitive and Psychosocial Development?
The second half of the 20th century has given rise to a deeper understanding of human development that continues to be explored - human...

Greg Mullen
Feb 2, 20195 min read
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