Teaching difficult students: blue jays in the classroom

What can we do about knowledge?

Educate

Self-protection

What can we do about self-protection?

First do no harm, second build success

Love

What can we do about love?

Love and model love

Empowerment

What can we do about empowerment?

Give choices, responsibility, and guidance

The relationship between love and empowerment

It matters how we treat difficult kids

It's all about the soil: a parable

Reconsidering assumptions: cleaning out our brains

About authority and respect

About competition

About motivation

About "problem students"

About labels

Lazy

Irresponsible

Careless

Just trying to get attention

More thought about labels

The poor get poorer: why reward and punishment do not work

We won't be wimps!

Clarity of thought

Nurturing

Relationship building

More about courage

Keeping it simple

Why bother?

Because of carol

Because of leroy

Because of alexis

The ultimate view.