Workforce readiness skills. Employability skills. Professional skills. Soft skills. 21 st century skills. It’s no secret that we are in a time where skills, whatever you want to call them, are at a ...

Schools around the country are integrating the teaching of problem solving and entrepreneurial thinking into STEM instruction in some very creative and relevant ways. Many of them are also ...

Transfer of math, physics, and communication skills into the entry-level photonics workforce, NSF Award 1432578, Sept 2014 – Aug 2019 Exploring factors that shape education & workplace training on ...

Harvard University physics professor Eric Mazur, author of "Peer Instruction," is known for his research in instructional methods. He helped pioneer a "clicking system" that enables students to ...

LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - A program within the Jefferson County Public School system is teaching students as young as sixth grade to take back their streets. Building Solid Stones is a program students ...

It turns out that teaching kids problem solving may be among the most promising and proven practices to prevent bullying and reduce the odds of victimization. It is a strategy often overlooked, but ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A retired Indianapolis firefighter is igniting leadership in Indianapolis. He created an organization to teach problem-solving skills to as many kids as possible. In 1992, ...

Imagine a classroom where students stare blankly at a writing prompt or fumble with math problems that should take seconds.

It turns out that teaching kids problem solving may be among the most promising and proven practices to prevent bullying and reduce the odds of victimization. It is a strategy often overlooked, but ...