Katherine Garnett

Teacher surveys build student connections

A high-school social studies teacher says regularly surveying students throughout the year -- from personal check-ins to reflections on major assignments -- has strengthened relationships, improved communication and helped identify student needs more quickly. He notes that the practice encourages honest... See more

E. ETHELBERT MILLER: FRIENDSHIP IS WHAT KEEPS US WHOLE

Let’s break this down.

TELL STORIES

That’s what the course is all about. We all know a good story when we see it - you’re immediately hooked, you remain gripped, and you stay until the very end - but knowing how good stories work so you have the same impact with the ones you tell? That’s a skill worth mastering, and I couldn’t see many people... See more

Dr. Gupta’s work is an extension of a theoretical model that Turing published in 1952.Turing’s model relied on the interplay between diffusion — a process by which particles spread into regions where they are less populated — and the chemical reactions experienced by those particles.

Diffusion generally leads to something uniform: Drop a bit of food... See more

“Death is the mother of beauty; hence from her,

Alone, shall come fulfilment to our dreams

And our desires.”

–Wallace Stevens, “Sunday Morning”

By dedicating 45 minutes to a single, meaningful task with no distractions, you can tap in to your brain's natural peaks in attention and creativity -- something called your "ultradian rhythm," writes career coach Luciana Paulise. Taking a 15-minute break in between work sessions acts as a buffer and should be spent stretching, walking or briefly... See more

“Death is the mother of beauty; hence from her,

Alone, shall come fulfilment to our dreams

And our desires.”

–Wallace Stevens, “Sunday Morning”