Mike Singletary & Andy Rahden Summary - Shmoop at the 2022 Making Schools Work Conference

Learn about the challenges Mike Singletary faced as a child and how he overcame them and how they relate to students today. Neuroscientists have highlighted how the portions of your brain that support academic learning, memory building, ability to focus, ability to maintain attention and develop skills are located in the same parts of the brain and are connected to the portions of the brain that impact our emotions. As the CEO of Shmoop, Andy Rahden and his team have focused their efforts on research along with thousands of other studies that connect factors and dimensions of academics to other factors like emotions. In this session, we will take the mysteries out of how these things tie together, what you need to focus on as an educator to improve academic outcomes, and specific steps you can take to really impact kids' learning!