Keep Play at School Play has been defined as “engaging in an activity for enjoyment and recreation rather than a serious or practical purpose.” Yet, any early childhood educator will tell you that play does have very serious and practical purposes. In fact,… Read more >
Dear Reader, After two and a half years and 125 blogs, I am sad to report HereCast will no long be in operation or offer a place to post blogs. I wish everyone at HereCast well during their time of… Read more >
Our expanded knowledge of the brain and its implications on how we learn has opened many doors for industry and begun to shape our way of being in the world in many significant ways.
In the 1980s, President Reagan and Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill held vastly different political views, but they would meet in social contexts and share meals on a regular basis.
Across the country, mindfulness curricula are being developed for both academic as well as social and emotional reasons.
In this fall’s Youth Ensemble Program (YES) production at Northern Stage, the young actors portrayed business owners in White River Junction, recounting insights and narratives from their professional journeys.
Over the quarter century I’ve work in schools, I have come to place greater and greater value on school culture.
Through every stage of human development, wonder plays a critical component for learning. In fact, without wonder, learning rarely happens. The reason for this is simple: learn often begins with the question why.
Hardly a week goes by without contact from a company selling products to enhance Social Emotional Learning (SEL).
In Malcolm Gladwell’s new book, Talking to Strangers, he describes a “default to truth” by which people are naturally trusting of others.
