How to Build Grit in Kids?
What’s the best predictor of success in a child’s life? “Grit,” says psychologist Dr. Angela Lee Duckworth. “Gritty kids, according to Dr. Duckworth, possess the passion and perseverance it takes … Continue reading
Read This Now!
Each week, I’d like to use principalaim to highlight an educational perspective that I share or that I am wrestling with. In this week’s entry, I would like to share a video talk from … Continue reading
Let’s Let Our Children Play
More proof that play is an essential learning tool for young children. I hope you enjoy! tlb Related Articles from principalaim: Summer Fun and Nature Nature and Play Creativity … Continue reading
Predicting Future Success for Children
Is Spatial Ability a Predictor of Future Success in Technology, Math, and Science? A recent study published in the journal Psychological Science has opened the door, once again, for educators to … Continue reading
Summer Fun and Nature
For many families, we have officially come to the midway point in the summer. However, there is still time to have fun in late July and early August before school … Continue reading
Read This Now!
In this week’s Read This Now entry, I would like to share a video series from Edutopia that will take you directly inside the classrooms of talented educators who are actively using … Continue reading
The Death of Creativity
Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity. Like Robinson, I think more and more educators are … Continue reading
Lean Together
Originally posted on The Purpose of Work:
It has been hailed as a turning point in the feminist debate. It has also been written off as an apology for Big…
Geoffrey Canada: Our failing schools. Enough is enough!
In a TED Talk Education segment, education advocate Geoffrey Canada challenges schools to think about relevant school data, consider the consumer (parents/students), and develop systematic shifts in order to help … Continue reading
Great Teachers Can Break Through Any Barrier
A picture is worth 1000 words. This safe has been through a lot. What do you think is its story? If I had to tell its story, I’d say it … Continue reading
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