Author, speaker and consultant Dan Coughlin has been a good friend of Smart Planet with regular contributions over the course of 2009 such as, 5 things NASCAR can teach us about business and 5 Ways to ...

The lesson in Claudine Wilcox`s kindergarten class on Chicago`s West Side is not about colors or numbers or the alphabet. It is about kindness. As part of their daily 20-minute lesson on character ...

When something is used for more than one purpose, it loses it power. Three examples can be found in lesson plans, observations/evaluations, and PowerPoint ...

The value of hard work is something that I hope everyone has the opportunity to experience in their lifetime. I was blessed to be the son of very hardworking parents who never wanted anything given to ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: This article is the second of three from University of Houston CT Bauer College of Business professor Chris Ross and UH Bauer College of Business MBA student Vikram Enjam about ...

British educators have been making use of 'value added' data for two decades. And still the task is challenging. “That is out of order. That’s not good enough,” pronounces Denise Davies, pointing to a ...