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Kids of Helicopter Parents Are Sputtering Out
Slate: Academically overbearing parents are doing great harm. So says Bill Deresiewicz in his groundbreaking 2014 manifesto Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life. “[For students] haunted Visit Page
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People Remember What You Say When You Paint a Picture
Harvard Business Review: When leaders communicate a vision of their organization’s future, they tend to emphasize ideals and ideology — the importance of “success,” “stewardship,” or “sustainability.” Leaders are likely to emphasize this type of Visit Page
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What ‘Learning How to Think’ Really Means
The Chronicle of Higher Education: It has always been taken as self-evident that higher education is good for students and society at large, and that American colleges and universities are doing an excellent job of Visit Page
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‘Nation’s Report Card’ to Gather Data on Grit, Mindset
Education Week: The nation’s premiere federal testing program is poised to provide a critical window into how students’ motivation, mindset, and grit can affect their learning. Evidence has been building for years that these so-called Visit Page
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How Can Students Better Apply Math Learning? New Studies Hold Answers
Education Week: Mathematics is the language of science, the foundation of engineering, the power switch for new technology—but students often struggle to transfer their understanding of math concepts to practical application in other STEM subjects. Visit Page
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A ‘Learning’ Attitude Helps Boost Job Search Success
For most jobseekers, the job hunt is no picnic — disappointment, rejection, and desperation seem to have become hallmarks of the typical job search. It’s common to hear stories of job hunters who have submitted Visit Page
