Teach Students To Think Irrationally by Terry Heick Formal learning is a humbling thing. As planners, designers, executors, and general caretakers of public and private education systems, we are tasked with the insurmountable: overcome a child’s natural tendency to play, rebel, and self-direct in hopes of providing them with a ‘good education.’ Reading, writing, arithmetic, […]

On Thursday, over 10 grueling hours behind the barbed wire of the Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center, where Khalil is being held, his lawyers called on experts via videoconference to convince the judge to grant him asylum and set him free. Here’s the heart of their argument: The Trump administration’s false, they say, and public […]

BOULDER, CO (March 25, 2025)—The role of standardized test scores in college admissions is evolving, with many institutions shifting away from the SAT and ACT. In their absence, high school GPA has become the primary indicator of college readiness, though it doesn’t account for course difficulty. A new Annenberg Institute report introduces “Transcript Strength,” a […]

Promoting Interactive Learning In Podcasts With 5 Easy Steps Podcasts have become a staple in education, gaining popularity among eLearning developers and online learners. There are various reasons for that, but the ones that stand out the most are their low production cost for instructors and the flexibility they offer learners, allowing them to listen […]

If correctly prepared for, a Socratic seminar can be a powerful catalyst for social learning. Many teachers we know have remarked that individual and collective insights and experiences from Socratic seminars are the moments that most impact students, the moments they remember most poignantly. Simply put, the Socratic method is an ongoing dialogue that uses […]

Shortly after that, Trump threatened to put a 100% tariff on Barbie-maker Mattel after the company said it would raise prices on some toys due to tariffs. “He won’t sell one toy in the United States,” Trump said. Following all that, Target executives reiterated that the chain was working hard to offset “the vast majority” of the […]

BOULDER, CO (April 8, 2025)—Scholars, advocates, and policymakers have long expressed the concern that many private schools receiving taxpayer subsidies through voucher programs would fail to serve children with disabilities. The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, in collaboration with School Choice Wisconsin, recent published a report challenging those concerns. In their review of Thousands […]

Launching Development Initiatives Based On Workforce Competencies Organizations are now shifting from standard training programs to focusing on developing the competencies of their workers. With this method, workers acquire the information needed as well as the skills and practices required for each job. WEF recently found that in 2027, 50% of employees will require upskilling, […]

1. Brian Johnson: How to teach ‘for’ students, not ‘at’ them Big Idea: Educators should prioritize student engagement by teaching for students, fostering active participation rather than passive reception. In his talk, Brian Johnson emphasizes the importance of shifting from traditional lecture-based teaching to a more interactive approach that centers on students’ needs and perspectives. […]

The policy’s first action plan the following year had lofty goals: implement safety treatments along at least 13 miles of roadways on the high-injury network each year; assess which speed humps or signage slowed traffic and prevented accidents most effectively; and slow road speeds. When Vision Zero was introduced in San Francisco, the city struggled […]