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The ABCs of How We Learn: 26 Scientifically Proven Approaches, How They Work, and When to Use Them by Daniel Schwartz, Jessica Tsang and Kristen Blair
Rebecca Gotlieb
Rebecca Gotlieb

A uniquely actionable new book of learning sciences principles that...

Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth
Rebecca Gotlieb
Rebecca Gotlieb

Angela Duckworth, professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania...

Theresa Cheng
Theresa Cheng

The Olympics have just come to an end­. Though this...

Why Your Brain Has Better Things to Do than “Grow”
Theresa Cheng
Theresa Cheng

Intuitively, the idea of “growing” sounds great. It’s become synonymous...

What Kind of Citizen?: Educating Our Children for the Common Good by Joel Westheimer
Rebecca Gotlieb
Rebecca Gotlieb

Schools may be vehicles for achieving our idealized society because...

The Impact of Brain Damage on Education: An Interview with a Leading Vision Scientist
Gabriella Hirsch
Gabriella Hirsch

  As an optometrist-scientist and Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at...

Suzanne Lettrick
Suzanne Lettrick

For years we’ve known about the literacy gap between children...

Kevin Kent
Kevin Kent

In 1988 psychologist James Pennebaker1 and his colleagues conducted a...

Jonathan Scheff
Jonathan Scheff

When I was teaching math, I worked with many students...

Most Likely to Succeed: Preparing Our Kids for the Innovation Era by Tony Wagner and Ted Dintersmith
Rebecca Gotlieb
Rebecca Gotlieb

Tony Wagner, a life-long educator and the author of Creating...

Ostracism Hurts: Why being ignored can be just as painful as bullying
Ashle Bailey-Gilreath
Ashle Bailey-Gilreath

Stories of bullying and harassment in schools have become all...

Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

In April of 2014, Pam Mueller and Dan Oppenheimer struck...

Theresa Cheng
Theresa Cheng

“I am a lean, mean, mathing machine.”  In college, I’d...

Rina Deshpande
Rina Deshpande

Dr. Sara Lazar (second from right) offers a brief weekly...

Rebecca Gotlieb
Rebecca Gotlieb

“We should simply try to make the world as happy...

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