“When wisdom comes naturally, it often derives from lessons learned through intense experiences or dilemmas. These experiences may be painful, like breakups or illnesses, but wisdom can also be gained from experiences that are simply challenging, like moving to a new city or having a baby, Glück says. Yet plenty of people who get cancer […]
Every week I send out articles I encounter from around the web. Subject matter ranges from hard knowledge about teaching to research about creativity and cognitive science to stories from other industries that, by analogy, inform what we do as educators. This breadth helps us see our work in new ways.
Readers include teachers, school leaders, university overseers, conference organizers, think tank workers, startup founders, nonprofit leaders, and people who are simply interested in what’s happening in education. They say it helps them keep tabs on what matters most in the conversation surrounding schools, teaching, learning, and more.
– Peter Nilsson