A few weeks ago, I saw a tweet (now deleted and long gone) stating that parents don’t need to teach their kids to share. I can’t remember the exact wording, but the reasoning was something along the ...

Teachers are busy. We plan, grade, and provide students with extra help or a shoulder to lean on. We talk with parents, coach teams, advise clubs, lead committees, and participate in professional ...

Come join a discussion about effective teaching strategies with a panel of four faculty who attended the National Effective Teaching Institute Workshop. They will share insights and lessons learned ...

Calvin education students have completed their final internships and are ready to graduate. These student teachers led morning circles, planned differentiated lessons, and discovered what it truly ...

While the three Smith College faculty members selected for this year’s Sherrerd Teaching Awards followed different paths to becoming educators, they share a commitment to creating inclusive classrooms ...

Last month I described a teaching center’s podcast series on failure, which aims to help students put the experience in context by recounting the failure stories of successful people. I asked if ...

As parents and guardians, teaching your children important and valuable lessons that they can carry throughout their lives is a vital part of raising them. Though, there is a line between teaching ...

My two-year-old started crying minutes after my oldest son unwrapped his birthday presents. He wanted to play with his brother’s newest haul of toys as soon as they came out of their boxes, but his ...

Globally, more than 258 million children and young people between the ages of 6 and 17 are not in school. In South Africa, the figure stands at 232,000 for children aged between 7 and 17. The main ...

Teaching children to share involves understanding their feelings and the importance of empathy. Gentle methods like discussing emotions, using stories, practicing turn-taking, modeling behavior, and ...

Encouraging sharing and cooperation among kids is a great way to teach them about fairness. When kids share toys or ...