Recently, I had the privilege of spending a day with the entire junior class at a high school just outside of Detroit, MI. I was hired for half of a school day as a guest facilitator and presenter. The administrators had a very specific goal and a very interesting dilemma. Here was the situation.

r middle school and high school educators, the most successful pilots are the ones that fit into the natural rhythm of the school day—advisory periods, homeroom, or those short windows of time before the bell when teachers want to do something meaningful but manageable.

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