My husband and I were having a conversation about a list of life skills, and it made me think I should share what we discussed. Because no one person is GREAT in all of these areas. But I believe they ...
Early literacy isn’t just an education issue. It’s the entry point to an adaptive workforce and long-term economic growth. Early literacy isn’t just an education issue. It’s the entry point to an ...
When students in the Ephrata, Pa., district complete a project, their goal is not just to explain what content they know, but ...
Did you learn everything you needed to know in kindergarten? I sure hope not! If you learned everything you needed to know at 5 years old, you wouldn’t, in all likelihood, be reading this piece, ...
“It’s good to know about the environment around you, and find out where you stand out in the world,” said Katie Kauffman, a Calvin student with Down Syndrome, about the Ready for Life (RFL) program.
Going back to live on a college campus, taking classes, and mixing and mingling with students young enough to be their grandchildren wasn’t originally on Anna and Jeffry Young’s retirement bingo card.
There is no age limit on learning. Judy Elstein — an 82-year-old former English teacher and resident of Cambridge — knows that to be true. Nowadays, she spends her time in classes at the Harvard ...
If high school is the runway, it should launch students onto the first on-ramp of long life learning, with multiple lanes leading to degrees, industry credentials, and real paychecks. For a long time, ...
The phrase that unites all of my lecture classes the past few semesters has been, “Will this be on the exam?” Variations come from professors and students alike. When this phrase plagues our ...