Growing up a latchkey kid meant learning to handle quite a lot of things on your own. Gen X was born between 1965 and 1980, which means this year they'll be turning 45 to 60 years old. As a smaller ...

There's a reason why Gen Xers, the kids who largely grew up in the 1970s, are coined the "latchkey" generation — they were parentified and expected to navigate life largely on their own. With both ...

Stay active, engaged, and connected to feel relevant. This article describes five ways to continue to learn, grow, and be ...

Did you learn everything you needed to know in kindergarten? I sure hope not! If you learned everything you needed to know at 5 years old, you wouldn’t, in all likelihood, be reading this piece, ...

People who were kids in the 1960s learned these life lessons that are sadly rare today. They didn’t have parents who came to their rescue at the slightest sign of discomfort and were often taught the ...

“You only learn half the things you need to know in the classroom.” When I first heard that saying, I brushed it off as something adults said to make school sound deeper than it really was. But now, a ...

Teaching isn’t just about lesson plans, grades, or classroom rules. It’s about moments that stay long after the bell rings.

Early literacy isn’t just an education issue. It’s the entry point to an adaptive workforce and long-term economic growth. Early literacy isn’t just an education issue. It’s the entry point to an ...

Be introduced to a catalog of affordable online courses that are self-paced or instructor-led, and can be completed in as little as six weeks. From arts, design, and information technology to business ...

On an overpass in North Portland overlooking Interstate 5, Kathryn Nock and Jordan Stokes are taking stock of the neighborhood, including nearby Harriet Tubman Middle School. “It’s kind of hard to ...