Author: Matthew Lynch
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How Do I Become A School Superintendent?
Working as a school superintendent can be rewarding in many areas of your life. It delivers a mix of challenge, schedule flexibility, and the chance to ... -
Learning What to Learn
Learning what and how to learn is perhaps the most valuable skill of any student. Knowing how to store and retain information to consistently and reliably ... -
5 Strategies to Unlock Your Students’ Potential
Today, a reader sent me an email that inquired about strategies that can be used to unlock student potential. Below you will find several of my ... -
How I Would Start To Transform Public Education
In our society, you will be hard-pressed to find a person who believes the U.S. public school system is successful. Whether a Republican or Democrat, a ... -
How Students Get Banished To Alternative Schools
Historically, alternative schooling has been used interchangeably with terms like “reformatory school.” However, alternative schooling is painted to seem like the best option for students who ... -
How to Help Students Overcome Their Fear of Failure
We’ve all had him (or her) in our classroom. He sits quietly during class discussions never raising a hand or offering a thought. She looks back ... -
How Neuroscience Advances Can Help to Predict Reading Outcomes
Using science to improve education seems like a no brainer, but it still seems like there is a long way to go before everyone in the ... -
How Do Chinese and American Educational Systems Compare
It is not an uncommon belief that Chinese students are smarter than their American counterparts. Education experts, psychologists, and scientists have hypothesized and studied why Chinese ... -
Realistic, Time-Efficient, and Manageable Ways to Monitor Student Growth
Before enumerating some realistic, time efficient, and manageable ways to monitor student growth, let’s clarify what is meant by growth. According to The Education Trust, a ... -
Why Most MOOCs Fail
Online education has not lived up to its potential. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) have not delivered on their mission to transform education worldwide. More than ...
