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This gym teacher uses incredible trick shots to teach students an important lesson It all started on a Friday a few years ago. At the end of my PE class, one of my students challenged me to shoot a half field shot and I did it on the first try. The kids loved it and wanted more. So for the rest of the year, I spent two minutes at the end of each PE class (I'm a K-5 PE teacher in Barnesville, Minnesota) shooting half-field shots. The rules were simple: if I took a shot during the two minutes, they had to do push-ups. If I missed it, I had to do it. Go up a level The following year the children challenged me to improve my game even more. They wanted to see more than half the shot. They've been really popular with a lot of trick shot makers on YouTube...

We need to help children see that they are so much more than their test results We live in a world where test scores and scores matter a lot. Although most of us recognize the limitations of testing and challenge using it solely for grading, it is still a practice ingrained in our educational system. Schools are ranked based on their test scores, often putting communities in fierce competition with one another and further widening the performance gap. Test scores are also used to reward (and therefore not reward) teachers, who often have very little power to make much of an impact on results. For example, performance-based pay for teachers is a reality in many districts. And then there are the children. Testing places students immediately, beginning at a very young age. Those who do well receive praise, recognition, and ...

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