Teaching students how to move people to their point of view is a very important thing to do. Challenging students to try to persuade fellow...

Learning is profoundly misunderstood by the school system. People learn all the time, typically when they are trying to accomplish somethin...

The other day I had what is a rather typical conversation for me. I met someone at a bar and we chatted about various things. He told me ...

A couple of days ago I had a conversation with my daughter-in-law which was mostly about her son Max, (my grandson). Most conversations wit...

Sometimes when I read the New York Times on education, I find myself wondering if they just sit around and think how they can write dumb...

In general, when I hear that politicians are discussing education, I am wildly skeptical. I live in Florida where there is a gubernatori...

Bill Gates on education:   My replies: He cited as a model unnamed Asian countries, which he said have pared down their standards ...