Your Hovering Doesn’t Help: A Quiz and a Simple Step
Are you a helicopter parent? Sometimes I am, but I’m trying to figure out why and how to stop.
Paul Tough
How Do We Teach Our Kids “Grit”?
For kids to succeed in school and in life, “grit” — or perseverance and passion for long-term goals — may be more important than IQ scores or grades. How do we make sure that our kids are “gritty”?
About schools
What Obama got right about early childhood education
Obama’s early childhood proposal is a great beginning to addressing young children’s educational needs.
About schools
Should table manners be part of the curriculum?
When at-risk kids do “succeed” — get a scholarship to a prep school, go off to an elite college, get