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Teaching with Dignity: How to Create Classroom Ecosystems Where People Thrive

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Teaching has never been more demanding and difficult. But neither students nor teachers need fixing. What’s needed are dignity-centered classrooms.

Through a compelling gardening analogy, Teaching with Dignity shows educators how to create dignity-centered classrooms by focusing less on eliminating weeds and more on cultivating healthy plants. It introduces a decisive mindset instead of trying to control outcomes, educators can create classroom ecosystems where students and teachers thrive and communities flourish.

Drawing from dignity research, implementation science, and real classrooms—including the award-winning teaching practice of contributing author Summer Snyder—the authors offer a practical, inspiring roadmap for transformation, including

Practices that restore clarity and purpose to the work of teachingTools for nurturing relational trust and positive social connectednessStrategies to shift from reactive discipline to responsive, relational teachingGuidance for implementing well-known teaching frameworks to preserve their intentIf you're an educator committed to providing students and families with the education they deserve, this book offers tools for you to do so with clarity, care, and purpose.

It’s time to reclaim the heart of teaching by cultivating conditions where students and teachers can truly thrive.

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Published June 30, 2025

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