A few weeks ago, I saw a tweet (now deleted and long gone) stating that parents don’t need to teach their kids to share. I can’t remember the exact wording, but the reasoning was something along the ...

Recently, I came across this post on the popular r/Teachers subreddit entitled, "What can I teach my kid to make your lives easier?" and I thought that was such a great question. So, I decided to ask ...

Teachers are busy. We plan, grade, and provide students with extra help or a shoulder to lean on. We talk with parents, coach teams, advise clubs, lead committees, and participate in professional ...

This past October, in a Facebook parents’ group I belong to, a mother sought advice for a perennial dilemma: Her son had been ...

In my home, a typical afternoon sounds like a scene from "Finding Nemo": All I hear are two little voices repeating, "Mine, mine, mine." At 1 and 2 years old, my boys are at the stage in which they ...

Come join a discussion about effective teaching strategies with a panel of four faculty who attended the National Effective Teaching Institute Workshop. They will share insights and lessons learned ...

My two-year-old started crying minutes after my oldest son unwrapped his birthday presents. He wanted to play with his brother’s newest haul of toys as soon as they came out of their boxes, but his ...

Last month I described a teaching center’s podcast series on failure, which aims to help students put the experience in context by recounting the failure stories of successful people. I asked if ...

While the three Smith College faculty members selected for this year’s Sherrerd Teaching Awards followed different paths to becoming educators, they share a commitment to creating inclusive classrooms ...

Come join a discussion about effective teaching strategies with a panel of four faculty who attended the National Effective Teaching Institute Workshop. They will share insights and lessons learned ...