We're Teaching All the Right Skills - But We Must Connect Them to Students' Lives
Over the past few years, the Portrait of a Graduate has become the North Star for how schools define readiness. It defines the traits students should have when they cross the stage at graduation.
Most portraits featu...
What if the very questions that protect a student’s mental well-being were also the ones that fueled their future success?
Most of us don’t stop to check in with ourselves until the wheels start to wobble. For students, that usually looks like stress piling up, motivation slipping, and self-doubt c...
Rethinking Letters of Recommendation
Most students (and even plenty of professionals) approach recommendation letters the wrong way.
When asked, “Who will you ask for a letter?” the answers sound like:
👉 “My coach, because they like me.”
👉 “My teacher, because I got an A.”
Not wrong. But not stra...
