Dr. Kimberly HonnickIn the final installment of her 4-part Belonging Is a Basic series, Dr. Kimberly Honnick draws the full arc to a close — moving from the neuroscience of belonging to the practical, structural work of building it into a school's DNA.
Dr. Kimberly HonnickIn Part 3 of her 4-part Belonging Is a Basic series, Dr. Kimberly Honnick makes the case that school culture transformation starts not with students — but with the adults who serve them.
Dr. Kimberly HonnickIn Part 2 of her 4-part series drawn from her AASA publication, Dr. Kimberly Honnick breaks down the neuroscience of belonging — what is literally happening in the brain when students don't feel safe, and why that changes everything about how school leaders approach culture, discipline, and learning. This is not soft work. This is science.
Dr. Kimberly HonnickDr. Kimberly Honnick, recently published in AASA's School Administrator magazine, explores why belonging belongs in the same conversation as reading, writing, and arithmetic. In this first post of a 4-part series, she makes the case that school leaders who build ecosystems of connection — not just compliance — are the ones whose students truly thrive.