By Betsy Hill and Roger Stark During global Brain Awareness Week, some seven years ago in March 2015, The Kennedy Forum convened experts at the […]

By Diana Phillips In the beginning… Back-to-school jitters are real, for teachers and students. Every fall I think of teachers who are doing new things. […]

By Betsy Hill and Roger Stark Education is moving from being based on folklore to being grounded in science at an ever-faster pace. The sciences that […]

By Betsy Hill and Roger Stark Doesn’t everyone have the ability to learn? Of course. Learning is what our brains do. As we interact with the environment, […]

By Betsy Hill and Roger Stark As the scientific community’s understanding of the brain increases, the knowledge reaching outside the research community does too. One […]

By Betsy Hill and Roger Stark Editor’s Note: This is part two of a three-part series In part one of our series, we explored the relationship […]

By Claudia L’Amoreaux Schools today are challenged by a variety of issues—regional staffing shortages, increased volume of requests, seasonal spikes in student referrals—to name a […]

By Zach Vander Veen One day students are there. The next, they’re not. This is the year of constant school emails, texts, and calls detailing […]

By Betsy Hill and Roger Stark The concept of a “growth mindset” comes from the groundbreaking work of Dr. Carol Dweck, whose research has helped clarify why […]

By Zach Vander Veen We spend a lot of time in education talking about the promise of technology in the classroom. Terms like “personalized learning” […]

By James Stoffer and Zach Vander Veen Editor’s Note: This is part three of a five-part series. (Click to read part one and part two)   This may […]

By Zach Vander Veen Right now, across much of the world, parents are holed up with their children and performing the role of educator, or […]