Debunking three common misconceptions.

Research suggests that some gadgets can make parents less likely to engage in meaningful give-and-take with their children.

The Einstein Myth The story has become lore. Albert Einstein was a rebellious student who chafed against traditional schooling and earned bad grades.

Dorie Clark examines how rapid social and technological change disrupted our definition of what a meaningful and successful professional life looks like.

When the most selective universities in the United States sent out their admissions decisions for the Class of 2019 a few weeks ago, they also publicly announced—somewhat proudly—how few students they actually admitted this year. In most cases, fewer than one out of ten students were accepted to places such as Stanford, Harvard, and Princeton.Such numbers and the anxiety they produce among high-school students and their parents frustrates Ben Nelson. He graduated from one of those institutions, the University of Pennsylvania, in the mid-1990s. That’s when it was slightly eas

Most of the news/advice/insight you run into is merely seen. You might acknowledge that something is happening, that something might work, that a new technique is surfacing. Sometimes, if you work at it, you actually hear what's being said. You...

The greatest presentation lessons will never be found in a book on using PowerPoint (or any other presentation tool). Advice and lessons are found in different places. I have always said that some of the greatest advice on presenting on...

Navy SEAL platoon leader James Waters explains what keeps elite operators going and how you can apply this type of grit to your own challenges.

This article point out how major advances in professiknal development in manfacturing and sports have led to incredible performance advances in those fields. And yet, many fields and professionals struggle with this. Its interesting how the "I'm/we're done learning" still permeates many fields, including some (like education) that should know better. What's the attitude like of the people in your organization for contiuned professional development? Of course everyone gives it lip service, but even in 2014, so many have yet to embrace this. A potentially, huge competitive advantage to groups and organizations who invest in this seriously, especially in industrirs where it's not standard practice.

On the importance of discipline and slow, steady progress over the long-term.

The nation's top colleges are turning our kids into zombies.

Students who used longhand remembered more and had a deeper understanding of the material

The authors argue that we have a math problem in America because when kids show up in school, the medicore math students don't see all the hard work that's already been done by parents at home with the students who are vastly better at math. It's easy for “average” students to conclude, “I'm not a math person.”