Every year, we hope, researchers gain new insights into what works in the classroom—and what doesn’t. In 2017, a group of scientists made the case for why social and emotional learning is essential in schools. We learned that negative s...
Last week I hosted my first live Q&A session of the year. A handful of you sent me questions last week and I enjoyed answering them. A few people sent me questions after the broadcast. I’ll be… Read the whole entry at FreeTe...
For today’s prompt, write a spring poem. Maybe it feels like spring in your neck of the woods. Maybe it feels like a second (or third or tenth) wave of winter. According to the calendar, the first day of spring was yesterday, sooooo… **...
So much to do, so little time. Student life is demanding, to say the least. Fortunately, we’ve got an endless buffet of time saving tools at our disposal. Best of all, most of them are free! Here’s my go-to tools: No, I’m not go...
Levels of racism seen in UK universities are “concerning”, says Britain’s national equality body....
I’ve been working on an idea for a character in my book, and I want it to be a big revelation when it’s revealed. Because of this, I wanted to make sure it’s as big a deal as I think it is, so I decided to get other’...
A school in one of London’s poorest boroughs aims to send 41 students to Oxford or Cambridge this year....
Aunt Mom I was talking to my just-turned-18 year old daughter on the phone the other night, while her Aunt Lisa (her mom’s sister) f...
December 17, 2017, by Susan 3 ways to be a tourist in your hometown this Christmas The holidays are finally here! And I don’t know about you but I haven’t been home since September and have missed my hometown, Brighton, a LOT. Nottingha...