/life-skills Life Skills en-US 2021 (c) °ÄÃÅÅܹ·ÂÛ̳ Thu, 19 Sep 2024 21:02:35 GMT /teaching-learning/opinion-people-can-only-hear-when-theyre-heard-navigating-divisive-conversations/2024/09 Mónica Guzmán offers advice to educators on teaching themselves and their students how to use curiosity to navigate divisive conversations. Thu, 19 Sep 2024 21:02:35 GMT /teaching-learning/opinion-people-can-only-hear-when-theyre-heard-navigating-divisive-conversations/2024/09 /policy-politics/coaching-and-politics-what-coaches-see-in-tim-walzs-vp-candidacy/2024/08 Tim Walz's experience as a football coach is viewed by fellow coaches as good preparation for national politics. Thu, 29 Aug 2024 19:49:49 GMT /policy-politics/coaching-and-politics-what-coaches-see-in-tim-walzs-vp-candidacy/2024/08 /teaching-learning/how-teachers-can-build-civility-as-a-classroom-norm/2024/08 Teachers can model how to deal with the discomfort that can accompany facing challenging ideas and texts. Wed, 28 Aug 2024 19:51:57 GMT /teaching-learning/how-teachers-can-build-civility-as-a-classroom-norm/2024/08 /teaching-learning/4-ways-schools-can-help-students-learn-to-disagree-respectfully/2024/08 Political scientists and historians agree that schools have a role to play in helping people learn to get along well. Mon, 26 Aug 2024 20:28:23 GMT /teaching-learning/4-ways-schools-can-help-students-learn-to-disagree-respectfully/2024/08 /leadership/schools-are-now-political-battlegrounds-weve-been-here-before/2024/08 U.S. history is filled with moments of polarization. What’s different about today? Mon, 26 Aug 2024 04:01:00 GMT /leadership/schools-are-now-political-battlegrounds-weve-been-here-before/2024/08 /teaching-learning/how-intellectually-humble-are-educators-an-index/2024/08 How receptive are educators to discussing important topics with people who hold opposing views? The answer has a curious contradiction. Mon, 26 Aug 2024 04:01:00 GMT /teaching-learning/how-intellectually-humble-are-educators-an-index/2024/08 /teaching-learning/opinion-intellectual-humility-what-it-is-and-why-schools-need-it/2024/08 Preparing citizens starts with recognizing the limits of what any individual knows. Mon, 26 Aug 2024 04:01:00 GMT /teaching-learning/opinion-intellectual-humility-what-it-is-and-why-schools-need-it/2024/08 /teaching-learning/the-brain-science-of-outrage-what-teachers-need-to-know/2024/08 Why is it so hard to disagree on controversial topics without blowing up? Neuroscience research has some answers. Mon, 26 Aug 2024 04:01:00 GMT /teaching-learning/the-brain-science-of-outrage-what-teachers-need-to-know/2024/08 /leadership/kids-are-getting-worse-at-making-eye-contact-heres-why/2024/08 Educators express serious concerns about the decline of this social skill. Fri, 16 Aug 2024 19:16:51 GMT /leadership/kids-are-getting-worse-at-making-eye-contact-heres-why/2024/08 /leadership/how-to-address-parents-concerns-that-sel-goes-against-their-values/2024/07 A Texas instructional coach shares insights she has learned from talking with hesitant parents. Thu, 18 Jul 2024 21:47:51 GMT /leadership/how-to-address-parents-concerns-that-sel-goes-against-their-values/2024/07 /policy-politics/what-schools-can-learn-from-a-global-assessment-on-creative-thinking/2024/06 Not all creativity is the same for student achievement, the latest Program for International Student Assessment data show. Tue, 18 Jun 2024 22:23:05 GMT /policy-politics/what-schools-can-learn-from-a-global-assessment-on-creative-thinking/2024/06 /leadership/opinion-youth-sports-are-about-more-than-just-winning/2024/06 A good athletics program introduces students to life lessons, and a good coach understands his or her impact. Tue, 18 Jun 2024 10:00:00 GMT /leadership/opinion-youth-sports-are-about-more-than-just-winning/2024/06 /teaching-learning/young-kids-are-struggling-with-skills-like-listening-sharing-and-using-scissors/2024/06 Teachers say basic skills and tasks are more challenging for young students now than they were five years ago. Mon, 03 Jun 2024 21:03:14 GMT /teaching-learning/young-kids-are-struggling-with-skills-like-listening-sharing-and-using-scissors/2024/06 /leadership/opinion-farewell-ask-a-psychologist-says-goodbye/2024/04 Angela Duckworth announces the sunsetting of the Character Lab and the °ÄÃÅÅܹ·ÂÛ̳ Opinion blog. Wed, 17 Apr 2024 12:00:00 GMT /leadership/opinion-farewell-ask-a-psychologist-says-goodbye/2024/04 /leadership/opinion-tests-oft-stress-students-these-tips-can-calm-their-nerves/2024/04 It's normal for students to feel anxious about tests and presentations. Here's what the research says can help them. Wed, 10 Apr 2024 12:00:00 GMT /leadership/opinion-tests-oft-stress-students-these-tips-can-calm-their-nerves/2024/04 /leadership/can-sel-help-students-curb-their-own-cellphone-use/2024/04 Experts say that a combination of SEL skills and better school policies would help curb student cellphone use. Mon, 01 Apr 2024 22:42:58 GMT /leadership/can-sel-help-students-curb-their-own-cellphone-use/2024/04 /leadership/opinion-4-steps-students-can-take-to-help-make-tough-decisions/2024/03 When students feel stuck, they can harness the power of the nonconscious mind to help them move forward. Wed, 27 Mar 2024 12:00:00 GMT /leadership/opinion-4-steps-students-can-take-to-help-make-tough-decisions/2024/03 /leadership/how-teaching-kids-digital-agency-can-make-social-media-a-positive-place-for-them/2024/03 Digital agency includes a set of skills educators can teach to help students avoid social media "thinking traps." Sat, 23 Mar 2024 02:51:03 GMT /leadership/how-teaching-kids-digital-agency-can-make-social-media-a-positive-place-for-them/2024/03 /leadership/opinion-nobody-wants-to-look-stupid-resources-for-teaching-about-executive-functions/2024/03 Executive functioning is a learned skill, explains an educational therapist. Here’s how to teach it to your students—and yourself. Fri, 01 Mar 2024 20:31:31 GMT /leadership/opinion-nobody-wants-to-look-stupid-resources-for-teaching-about-executive-functions/2024/03 /leadership/opinion-an-easy-way-to-help-students-develop-better-judgment/2024/01 To help students think critically, ask them these three questions. Wed, 24 Jan 2024 13:00:00 GMT /leadership/opinion-an-easy-way-to-help-students-develop-better-judgment/2024/01 /leadership/opinion-students-like-easy-work-heres-how-to-break-that/2024/01 Don’t assume students avoid effort because they’re lazy. They may be confusing effort with failure to make progress. Wed, 17 Jan 2024 13:00:00 GMT /leadership/opinion-students-like-easy-work-heres-how-to-break-that/2024/01 /teaching-learning/a-few-years-ago-8-states-required-personal-finance-education-now-its-up-to-half/2024/01 Advocates say the pandemic has accelerated the push to require high schoolers to take a financial literacy course. Thu, 11 Jan 2024 22:10:43 GMT /teaching-learning/a-few-years-ago-8-states-required-personal-finance-education-now-its-up-to-half/2024/01 /leadership/opinion-emotional-intelligence-and-ai-together-can-help-lessen-the-student-mental-health-crisis/2024/01 Six out of 10 adolescents feel lonely and isolated. Here's how one large district is trying to combat the issue. Thu, 04 Jan 2024 11:15:45 GMT /leadership/opinion-emotional-intelligence-and-ai-together-can-help-lessen-the-student-mental-health-crisis/2024/01 /leadership/opinion-3-questions-to-uncover-students-hidden-potential/2024/01 Students often struggle to distinguish between what they should do and what they want to do. Here’s how to help them. Wed, 03 Jan 2024 13:00:00 GMT /leadership/opinion-3-questions-to-uncover-students-hidden-potential/2024/01 /teaching-learning/gen-z-lacks-job-readiness-skills-survey-shows/2023/12 Prospective employers say Gen Z'ers aren't job ready. Here's what's behind it, and how to adapt. Wed, 20 Dec 2023 21:32:33 GMT /teaching-learning/gen-z-lacks-job-readiness-skills-survey-shows/2023/12 /leadership/opinion-students-are-stressed-out-heres-how-to-help-them/2023/12 Students might think that doing less is the solution to stress. But this activity could be more useful. Wed, 13 Dec 2023 13:00:00 GMT /leadership/opinion-students-are-stressed-out-heres-how-to-help-them/2023/12 /leadership/opinion-some-leaders-are-last-what-i-teach-my-1st-graders-about-leadership/2023/12 The earliest leadership experience many students have is being a line leader. But are they learning the right lessons? Mon, 11 Dec 2023 18:14:03 GMT /leadership/opinion-some-leaders-are-last-what-i-teach-my-1st-graders-about-leadership/2023/12 /teaching-learning/how-to-support-black-and-latino-students-to-tackle-calculus/2023/11 The founder of the Calculus Project speaks about how high school math pathways shape students’ postsecondary options. Tue, 28 Nov 2023 20:47:53 GMT /teaching-learning/how-to-support-black-and-latino-students-to-tackle-calculus/2023/11 /teaching-learning/beyond-the-carnegie-unit-schools-are-already-testing-ways-to-measure-durable-skills/2023/11 If you want students to learn to collaborate, organize, be creative, and communicate, you have to measure it. Tue, 21 Nov 2023 17:21:30 GMT /teaching-learning/beyond-the-carnegie-unit-schools-are-already-testing-ways-to-measure-durable-skills/2023/11