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Welcome Back to School: Teacher Tips from Harmony Educators!
Back to School is such an exciting time of year! As you prepare to greet and welcome students into new environments, establishing strong new school year routines and prioritizing classroom community building can set the tone for success. Our Harmony Educator Advisory members have gathered practical advice and words of encouragement to support you along the way.
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Top 5 Most Memorable What the World Needs Now Podcasts
In collaboration with Harmony Academy, we hosted 18 podcasts with educators, school leaders, and changemakers this past year — all focused on how we can make education a better place for educators, leaders, and most of all, our students.
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Keeping Human Connections in Focus in our AI World
By: Nick Yoder, Ph.D., Associate Vice President, Harmony Academy Can artificial intelligence demonstrate empathy? This was a question someone asked me on the Summit Stage at this year’s ASU+GSV Summit. As a social scientist for over 20 years, I took a moment to reflect. Did we ever think we would consider artificial intelligence (AI) as […]
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What’s Next for Harmony
We’ve heard directly from educators and school leaders about what’s working — and where more support is needed. Over the past year, we’ve taken that feedback to heart, focusing on how to better support implementation, engagement, and connection across the Harmony experience. When you return for the 2026–2027 school year, you’ll find a refreshed Harmony […]
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Beyond “Nice to Have”: The Science of Belonging as a Fundamental Need for Success
by Terrell Lamont Strayhorn, Ph.D., and Sarah Caverly, Ph.D. In the ever-evolving contexts of education and today’s workplace, we often obsess over metrics. We track grades, graduation rates, quarterly earnings, and productivity hours with a fervor that suggests these numbers tell the whole story of human success. Success, however, is rarely the result of aptitude […]
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Integrate Belonging Into Summer Learning With Harmony!
Summer learning offers an opportunity to do more than keep students engaged. It’s also a chance to create learning environments where every student feels accepted, valued, and connected to their peers and teachers — the very definition of belonging within a school community. Belonging research shows that students who feel a strong sense of belonging […]
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Students Share the Small Ways Teachers Build Belonging
In Honor of Teacher Appreciation Month, we want to recognize the amazing educators who build belonging in classrooms every day. Teachers have a remarkable superpower: helping every student feel seen, valued, and like they belong in their learning communities. How do we know that? Because their students told us! We reached out to teachers across […]
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Belonging as a Core Condition for Learning
Belonging as a Core Condition for Learning Schools today are grappling with rising chronic absenteeism, widening learning gaps, and increasing teacher dissatisfaction. Belonging — the feeling of being accepted, valued, connected, and a contributor within a community — is a fundamental human need. Research consistently shows that fostering belonging strengthens both student outcomes and educator […]
