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IsseyMonk's avatar

YES: Young people need to feel safe to try, fail, iterate, and have their individual successes celebrated.

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Snuggles310's avatar

Do you believe the path to agency can also be encouraged by faith and religion?

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Zack Kass's avatar

Exceptionally so.

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Bryan Kerr's avatar

It’s becoming clear that report cards need to evolve. We need to consider formally assessing qualitative traits—like creativity, agency, and resilience—just as seriously as we do academics.

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Zack Kass's avatar

Yep.

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Ken Sterling's avatar

Such a great share, thank you. As a parent and grandparent, this is so timely and needed.

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Barrett Cordero's avatar

Fascinating about fewer children biking and swimming. I’ve actually been wondering the same.

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James Lynch's avatar

Easier to do the work, when you don't need to build pathways to get to the work. Now the choice is which direction to go

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Tobias Dengel's avatar

Exactly on point…

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