How to Listen with the Intention of Learning

How to listen with the intention of learning. This is an important distinction as listening can be a very passive. The difference is between hearing and listening. We can hear someone talking and not take in the information. But listening, listening is active and...

Helping Students with Math Anxiety

Educator’s attitudes go a long way when helping students with math anxiety. The relationship between teachers and their students can be strong and the teachers thoughts and feelings on any subject can be passed on to the student. We want the teacher student...

Are Schools Assigning Too Much Homework?

Are we giving American students too much homework, or maybe, not enough? Everyone has an opinion but it’s possible that this is not the question we should be asking. What we should be asking is this: How is the after-school homework enriching the learning of our...

Education Trends for 2013

This year is expected to bring rapid change to education, particularly with the anticipated implementation of Common Core State Standards, Annie Murphy Paul writes in this blog post. The new year also is expected to include better use of education technology, as well...