Most people we encounter fall into two categories: Unable-but-Willing and Able-but-Unwilling. (See the image on the right.) If you are a...

A professor once told me that there are four types of people: Willing and Able Willing but Unable Unwilling but Able Unwilling and Unable...

The seven virtues Aristotle listed are courage, temperance, wealth, honor, anger, relationship, and humility. Aristotle argues that any ....

PART I Students prepare for the new school year by acquiring new backpacks, writing tools, or clothes. However, I hope they can begin the...

The term humility is rooted in the Latin word humilitas, a noun that means “humble,” “grounded” or “rooted in the earth,” and “low.”  The...

If you are considering going into teaching or are new to teaching, I hope and pray that you will find passionate mentors who will model the

In the greater Los Angeles area, some 50+ private schools--mostly religious schools--closed down in the past 20 years. There are a number...

A 14-year old boy from New Haven wrote the following poem, and it's insightful and sobering. It was spring, but it was summer I wanted,...

I like the Korean adage, “You don’t avoid crap because you are afraid of it. You avoid it because you don't want to step in it.” I...

When Jairus the synagogue leader begged Jesus to come and heal his daughter, Jesus invited only three of His disciples to come...

Frank Laubach (1884-1970) was a missionary to Philippines in the early 1900s. He is forever associated with the instructional approach...

Author: Andy Stanley Publisher: Multinomah Andy Stanley is a bona fide evangelical leader in America today, having been under his father...

Back in 1971, way before the time of cell phones, emails, the internet, and wireless devices, Nobel Prize winning economist Herbert...

Characteristics of Underachievers (based on clinical studies) Underachievers are bright but they do not put out effort necessary for...

Many children have difficulties with apologizing for their actions or misbehavior. That is because they don't know how to appropriately...

Michel Eyquem de Montaigne, one of the most significant philosophers of the French Renaissance, said, "No wind favors him who has no...

I recently heard that “inspiration is the enemy of discipline.” That might sound odd because people assume that being inspired or having...

I'd like to share the following five elements of highly effective students. The first two are what I consider "God-given" elements and...

Why do some students have behavior issues or struggle with school work? That's probably THE #1 question asked by educators and parents!...