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The Best Servant Leadership Talks on YouTube

Before we dive in five of the most intriguing and thought-provoking talks on the past, present and future of Servant Leadership, if you are not well-acquainted with this concept, just watch the video below: Now that you have covered the…..

School Should Teach Us These Eight Simple Things (Yet It Doesn’t)

Tim Denning  On Medium Dec 29, 2021 · 6 min read Harvard is now officially a school for stupid, rich people. Successful businessman Balaji Srinivasan said this recently. It took me by surprise. The comment came after Harvard University announced that in 2026 no SAT or ACT requirements are needed……

Parents hoped this school year might be ‘normal.’ It hasn’t turned out that way.

By Caitlin Gibson December 28, 2021 at 10:21 a.m. EST Washington Post She’d spent 15 grueling months as a single, working mom of two children in the coronavirus pandemic, so when Eliza McCoy stood in the bright sunlight at her older daughter’s elementary school…..

In Memory of a Peace Maker

Reflection from Archbishoip Tutu’s funeral We trust that beyond absence there is a presence. That beyond the pain there can be healing. That beyond the brokenness there can be wholeness. That beyond the anger there may be peace. That beyond the hurting there may…..

This Christmas, hope may feel elusive. But despair is not the answer.

By Michael Gerson Washington Post Columnist December 23, 2021 at 4:23 p.m. EST Many in our country have lost the simple confidence that better days are ahead, for a variety of understandable reasons. There are the coronavirus’s false dawns, followed by…..

For students, a return to campus can be surreal

By Doris Iarovici December 18, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. EST The first-year student in my office was terrified. Here he was, finally living on the campus of the college he had dreamed of attending, and instead of joy, he experienced an…..

The 10 Most Significant Education Studies of 2021

From reframing our notion of “good” schools to mining the magic of expert teachers, here’s a curated list of must-read research from 2021.By Youki Terada, Stephen Merrill, Sarah GonserDecember 9, 2021 Edutopia It was a year of unprecedented hardship for teachers and school…..

To Unite a Divided America, Make People Work for It

By Jonathan Holloway Dr. Holloway is the president of Rutgers University, a historian and the author, most recently, of “The Cause of Freedom: A Concise History of African Americans.” July 2, 2021 This essay is part of a series exploring bold ideas to…..

Opinion: Bob Dole: America needs unity to rediscover its greatness

By Bob Dole December 7th 2021 Bob Dole, who died on Sunday, represented Kansas in the U.S. Senate from 1969 to 1996, including as Senate majority leader, and was the 1996 Republican nominee for president. This column was drafted early in 2021…..

Awe might be our most undervalued emotion. Here’s how to help children find it.

By Deborah Farmer Kris November 30, 2021 Washington Post When my dad shook me awake at 2 a.m., I grumbled my way out to the backyard and onto the quilt he had spread out for me and my four siblings. Moments later,…..