A new online course aims to train instructors on how to incorporate a growth mindset into existing teaching practices, as it can positively impact student experience and outcomes.

This post is by Jennifer Poon, Director of the Innovation Lab Network at the Council of Chief State School Officers. Share your thoughts with Jennifer on Twitter at @JDPoon or #CCSSOILN. Why do we not ...

The education and professional sectors share a historically bonded relationship pitting school and career thresholds against uniquely different human beings. Although experience and research unify to ...

A central part of 'growth mindset' is that the mind is like a muscle that can get stronger with hard work, rather than a fixed thing. A large nationwide study has found that teaching ninth graders to ...

Having a positive mindset in math may do more than just help students feel more confident about their skills and more willing to keep trying when they fail; it may prime their brains to think better.

In the last 15 years, millions of dollars have been invested in training students to have a “growth mindset,” the belief that anyone’s intelligence can improve through hard work. But now the merit of ...

As I document in Education and the Commercial Mindset, Milton Friedman and his disciples contended for decades that private markets could deliver better schooling than governments. In the 1990s, this ...

A do-it-yourself mindset is changing the face of education worldwide, according to new survey results. Learners are "patching together" their education from a "menu of options," including ...

Entrepreneurs of all ages juggle competing commitments and limited resources while developing business skills. This balancing act can feel overwhelming, but artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT ...

In the past, gaining entry to a well-regarded college or university was the holy grail, a badge of honour, and stability in the future.

THE flood-control mess keeps spawning look-alikes: programs heavy on money and discretion but light on transparency. We’ve also seen how the executive and legislative can, at times, collaborate in ...