Setting and achieving goals helps kids (and grown-ups) build self-esteem — and teaches perseverance, too. When children set goals, it helps them practice executive function skills like planning.

Award-winning educator Valerie Bolling has written a book about setting writing goals to make the writing process more accessible for students and more manageable for teachers. In addition to her ...

There are generally two times of the year that writers set goals: New Year’s and NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). But if you really want to be successful, you should constantly set new ...

The increase in conversations about how to serve the overall needs of students, including their social and emotional needs, is one of the silver linings of education during the pandemic. While the ...

Leaders who are widely viewed as effective and highly successful in their organizations will tell you that 70% of the learning that got them there was through their experiences, 20% was through other ...

Last week, we talked about why communication goals fail. The vagueness problem. The motivation trap. The unrealistic expectations. The lack of accountability. If you recognized yourself in any of ...