Many of the teachers and students who have written for this blog have described projects in which students worked in teams to solve problems and produce products. Here is a recent example from a ...

"Begin with the end in mind." Stephen Covey says beginning with the end in mind is the second habit of highly effective people. My wife and I hope to raise highly effective children, so we share our ...

Grant makers are especially well positioned to get nonprofit organizations to work together on common problems in their communities, write Joseph A. Connor and Stephanie Kadel-Taras, chief executive ...

Twenty years ago, the school district was at an impasse. According to Assistant Superintendent and Chief Financial Officer Shannon Pelland, “We were financially upside down. We had frozen salaries for ...

Have you ever felt you did not have all the information and perspectives necessary to make the best decision? During this session, Wendy introduced participants to the basic premise of Edward De ...

"Kids will do well when they can." That simple sentence holds the key to an innovative approach to handling challenging behavior. It's the premise of , which argues that children and adolescents will ...

Gisèle Huff is one of the nation’s most spirited advocates for the transformation of elementary and secondary education (K–12) through school choice and increased use of computer technology. She is ...

City Councilmember Graciela Reyes was elected as one of Mexico’s first independent councillors for the Municipality of San Pedro, an affluent mid-sized community of about 150,000 outside the Mexican ...

Girls are much better than boys at working together to solve problems, according to a new study by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The forum of democratic nations ...