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Are students prepared for the future? Are they graduating ready to innovate? What are some of the skills students should have in order to have a successful future? Those are some of the questions Tony Wagner  (follow him on Twitter @DrTonyWagner) answers in a powerful talk all about the skills students must have for the […]

  (By Stefanie Weisman) Top students aren’t made, they’re born. After effortlessly absorbing whatever the teacher throws at them, they spout it back on tests and watch the A’s come rolling in. They have exceptionally high IQs, making it next to impossible for the rest of the class to compete with them. They’re the ones

  (By Mairo Danlami) We hear a lot about autism in the news and from families who care for children with autism. We don’t hear nearly often enough, however, from children who actually live with autism. A speech by one young man, Eli Rosenberg, shows that we should do more to help one another. He

  (By Uchechukwu Udoji) Last month at the Ideas Festival in Aspen, Design For Change founder Kiran Sethi shared with HuffPost Live the two words that can open doors for children around the world: “I can.” Sethi first spoke about the ‘I Can’ teaching model in a 2009 TED Talk. She then brought the idea

What type of people do we elect to run the affairs of our country? What do you expect when law breakers are law makers? What happens when ex-felons, absconded criminals, thieves, empty headed and sin-soaked apostates and “Cows of Bashan” preside over the affairs of a nation? (By Bayo Oluwasanmi) Wise men talk because they

  (By Jeff Dunn) Do you know what the scientific method is? If it’s been awhile since your last science class, you may be saying to yourself ‘oh yeaaa … a little help?’ That’s okay. Turns out you actually knew it as a baby, even if you don’t know it now. That’s because this little

  When Chelsea Clinton hosted a TEDxTeen event this past March, she talked about the amazing things Gen Y is accomplishing. “I think [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”][there] is a big misconception that people who are

  (By Uchechukwu Udoji) It is hard to believe that just two years ago Arin was a girl called Emerald, and Katie was a boy called Luke. Arin, 17, and Katie, 19, from Tulsa, Oklahoma, have both undergone surgery to change their gender and now are enjoying being in their bodies they always wished for.

  (By Jeff Dunn) Do you use cursive? Do you know what graphology is? Kerning and slanting? There’s a lot to know about how you draw your letters. Your penmanship says a lot about you. Through the study of it, you can learn a lot about yourself. From rounded letters to pointed letters, it’s interesting

  (By Alex Reichert) In secondary school, I was the type of person who felt no reason to read. For my history classes, the only parts of the textbooks I read were section heads, words in boldface type, and highlighted passages. Spark notes got me through my English classes, and for everything else there was