“The death spiral,” he called it. “Let’s say I’m teaching, and Anne is slouching,” Doug said at the workshop in Boston, motioning to a teacher named Anne. “I could stop and say, ‘Just a minute, class. Anne, I really need you to sit up.’ ” He switched perspectives. When he made that move with Anne, what was likely to go through the minds of the rest of the class? “The kids who were least engaged are least likely to get back on task with me,” he said, answering his own question. “I stop my lesson to correct one student, and when I correct that student, three more kids get off task, and then I
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