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Dinuka Liyanawatte / Reuters How Praise Became a Consolation Prize
Helping children confront challenges requires a more nuanced understanding of the “growth mindset.”
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Michaela Rehle / Reuters Should Colleges Really Eliminate the College Lecture?
As schools incentivize innovative research, quality in-class experiences can fall by the wayside.
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Asmati Chibalashvili / wavebreakmedia / Shutterstock/Library of Congress … A Better Way to Teach History
One professor is borrowing a method from Harvard Business School to engage students and inspire better decision-making skills.
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Sony Pictures Classics The Never-Ending Controversy Over All-Girls Education
It's extremely tricky to prove scientifically whether or not single-sex schooling is effective.
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hydropeek/Flickr Finnish Education Chief: 'We Created a School System Based on Equality'
An interview with the country's minister of education, Krista Kiuru
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Jason Cohn/Reuters How Schools Can Give Men the Skills They Need to Be Good Dads
Apprenticeship programs have the potential to help young men get better jobs and develop relationship abilities.
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Ellen / Flickr The First Lesson of Marriage 101: There Are No Soul Mates
A course at Northwestern University teaches students about what makes a healthy relationship.
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AP Photo / Aaron Favila Giving 101: The Princeton Class That Teaches Students to Be Less Selfish
Peter Singer's practical ethics course forces students to think carefully about donating to charity.
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Eduardo Pelosi/Flickr Why Are Hundreds of Harvard Students Studying Ancient Chinese Philosophy?
The professor who teaches Classical Chinese Ethical and Political Theory claims, "This course will change your life."
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Lai Seng Sin / AP Keeping Kids From Toy Guns: How One Mother Changed Her Mind
Is violent play bad? I used to think so. Then I spent some time outside of the United States.
