How schools can track social-emotional growth in ways that guide teaching instead of just filling a spreadsheet School leaders can tell you their attendance rate, their reading scores and how many students are on track to graduate. Ask how many students are more willing to take on a hard problem than they were in September, and the answer is usually a shrug. That gap matters. Persistence, self-talk and the willingness to try again after a mistake shape how students learn ever

Propel Launches DashStrom Growth Mindset Training in 6 Schools This week marked a milestone for DashStrom: our growth mindset classes are now up and running at six Propel Schools elementary campuses. It’s our largest single-partner launch to date, and it happened during one of the best weeks of the year to celebrate after-school learning. Six schools, one shared language When Propel invited DashStrom to join its after-school programming this fall, we celebrated the idea of co

Growth mindset gets taught in the classroom. It comes to life when kids get to practice it. Most schools already teach growth mindset ideas. There are posters about the power of “resilience,” and lessons on how the brain grows like a muscle, and morning meetings where students talk about learning from mistakes. Ask a third grader about the little train that could, a classic growth mindset story, and many can tell you all about it. But knowing about a skill and using it are tw

DashStrom Stands with the International Day of the Girl What International Day of the Girl and DashStrom both believe about girls, courage, and the freedom to try Every October 11, the world pauses for International Day of the Girl. The United Nations established the day in 2011 to recognize girls’ rights and the particular challenges girls face around the world. The UN describes it as a day that belongs to everyone who cares about girls: a moment to celebrate them and to amp

In the first week of DashStrom Coach Certification, we get to witness a transformation in real time. It's the moment a coach gets what our key phrase, finding your dash means to them. It’s when they can stop focusing on the lesson plan and is able to walk into a room already believing the session is theirs to run. It’s not because they memorized anything or out of repeated practice. Rather, it happens the moment the coach embodies the lesson, and something in how they see th

Growth Mindset Training at Work, Summer 2026 "Confidence Camp" Shady Side Academy DASHSTROM PARENT RESOURCES As the 2026–2027 school year gets underway, we are thinking about the usual checklist: school supplies, schedules, new teachers, new sports seasons. But one of the most powerful tools we have for helping our children enjoy, thrive in, and push through the challenges of this year isn't on any supply list. It's the language we use every day, especially in the moments rig

There's a moment every coach lives for. It happens quietly, often mid-class, when a child who walked in with hunched shoulders and a shaky "I don't think I can do this" plants their feet, takes a breath, and says, "Okay. I will try my best." It doesn't always look dramatic. But for anyone who has witnessed it, it is one of the most powerful things a child can do. And one of the most important things a coach can help facilitate.