Christmas was approaching so Rick Hollering, executive director of the Youth Services Alliance, brought a gift to his class at The Academy. Hollering had been visiting The Academy, a school within the ...

Youth mental health has worsened significantly over the past decade, but new interventions that teach positive psychology concepts in school may help. MORE HEALTH Philly has become more inclusive to ...

Critical thinking too often falls by the wayside in schools because there is a lack of consensus about how to teach it, and even what critical thinking is. One of the age-old goals of education is ...

Classroom management issues are often the biggest impediment to learning for the novice teacher and even seasoned veterans. Any teacher can be suddenly derailed by outrageous behavior, and without a ...

It’s accepted wisdom that good relationships between teachers and their students lead to students who are willing to work harder in the classroom. Could those positive feelings also have an impact in ...

With little time to prepare or plan, many instructors found last year’s COVID-19-induced transition to remote learning difficult. But some managed to weather the storm with a positive attitude and a ...

Positive thinking can have a range of physical and mental health benefits. Building a few habits, like positive self-talk and journaling, can help you get started. Are you a glass half-empty or ...

Long before Dr. Norman Vincent Peale wrote his best-selling book on The Power of Positive Thinking, people knew that those who tended to think negatively about life in general, and their own ...