The Craft of Teaching Confidence

By: KRISTINA RIZGA, The Atlantic. Judith Harper on getting students to take risks—in literature class and in life. Most of my students are not going to be actors or creative writers, but they all will need the confidence to stand in front of others, express what they think and believe, and persuade others that their ideas have value and meaning. It’s hard to measure this kind of learning through a test or a rubric, but it’s moments like these that my former students usually tell me helped them grow in ways that were really helpful in their lives. Read More Here