Starting Point

We know how to help kids develop into powerful learners. Now, we just need to make that happen in schools.  A parent of two teen-agers, Will Richardson has spent the last dozen years developing an international reputation as a leading thinker and writer about the intersection of social online learning networks and education.  Will has ... Read more
Education that derives from the self-chosen activities and life experiences of the person being educated is education that will remain with the child. This is about children making their own decisions. This is especially important now, in a time where many of our children are educating from home. Testing, sitting in classrooms, and doing to ... Read more
This week’s blog post is one of utmost importance in the veterinary community – suicide in veterinari­ans. Not as oft-discussed as it should be, it’s becoming clearer with time that members of the veterinary medical field are prone to experiencing burnout, depression, and extreme levels of stress.
An article came out in JAMA open on Friday in which participants in a study were twice as likely to die within the study period if they lacked a strong sense of life purpose, than those who had a strong life purpose.