Parenting & Schools

Scrapbooking has once again become popular. Many people find that the process of choosing special photos and other memorabilia gives testimony to what matters most. With emergence of the digital age, electronic scrapbooks are finding a place in education for both performance and relational ends.

In 1993, then relatively unknown Harvard psychologist Howard Gardner published a book, Frames Of Mind: The Theory Of Multiple Intelligences. This book and its 2000 sequel, Intelligence Reframed: Multiple Intelligences…

K-12 education is under the microscope in this country, and leaders in the field feel the pressure. Next month, I’ll be joining with Bill Robertson to present a one-day seminar to school superintendents. Two PPND authors have just made points in their posts that I have discussed with Bill as we prepare for that seminar.

     In 1954, the sports world was shocked when Great Britain’s Roger Bannister broke the four minute-mile barrier by six tenths of a second.  For years, track and field experts…

Does it matter whether we can identify the underlying mechanisms by which a positive intervention appears to work? Well, yes and no. In the short term it may be enough…

What would you expect to hear from a would-be superintendent if you asked him what he wants to change in the public school system?  Smaller classes?  Stronger academics?  Improved test…

            Sports can be a vehicle for happiness. Although the purposes of sports are varied and mean different things to different people, many would agree that organized sport participation can be…