Last year I was presenting a workshop for parents in my hometown and was surprised to see a particular father in the audience. His kids were clearly successful, always earning well-deserved academic ...

(This is the final post in a four-part series. You can see Part One here; Part Two here and Part Three here.) The new “question-of-the-week” is: How can we use goal-setting with our students? In Part ...

Emily Bloyd vividly remembers the lessons she learned as an 8-year-old in the after-school program Girls on the Run. Now a senior in high school, she teaches self-esteem to 8 to 10-year-olds as a ...

Turns out there is. In a study conducted by Gail Matthews of Dominican University, participants were assigned to one of five groups: Group 1 thought about their goals. Group 2 wrote down their goals. ...

Goal setting is one of many psychological strategies that can help athletes achieve peak performances. The process of setting goals not only influences athletes’ performances, but it’s linked to ...

Goal setting is one of many psychological strategies that can help athletes achieve peak performances. The process of setting goals not only influences athletes’ performances, but it’s linked to ...

Regie Routman is an educator who collaborates with principals, teachers, and students in underperforming schools to increase and sustain reading and writing achievement. She is the author of many ...