A weekly collection of education-related news from around the web.

Relational Intelligence: On Being Present And Making Connections

“As artificial intelligence grabs headlines and investment dollars, Ms. Ricks and Celeste are practicing an intelligence that cannot be automated. It’s the intelligence of attunement, of care, of knowing, and knowing how to know, each other. We might call it relational intelligence (RQ), the deeply human ability to build trust, navigate tension, repair ruptures, and […]

A Deep Look At A Renewed Purpose For Education

“This article attempts to reframe education’s purpose away from the recent market-based assumptions of neoliberalism and toward a renewed civic purpose for education in a changing society. We try to make the case for why public schools still matter to democratic preparation, what kinds of shifts are needed to equip young people to be full […]

“The Power Of Multigenerational Teams”

“According to an analysis in the journal of the American Psychological Association, managers surveyed by the Society for Human Resource Management reported that age diversity positively contributed to organizational performance.”

“The Science Of What Makes People Care” – Five Principles

Effective communication is not simply about getting your message out. It requires you to strategically tap into what shapes people’s feelings and values. Here we share five principles pulled from social science that will help you connect your work to what people care most about.”

Issues

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

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