Posts Tagged‘teaching’

Parents: 3 Essential Pieces of Financial Advice to Teach Your Kids Early and Often

Parents pass down a variety of things to their kids; some of them by nature, and others by nurture. However, when it comes to financial health and wellness, all parents — regardless of whether they have a family net worth valued in the millions or thousands — should make it a top priority to ensure that their kids understand, embrace, and adopt the following three essential pieces of advice: 1. Saving is Spending — On Yourself Some kids think that saving is pointless (I believe the proper technical phrase is “like, so lame and unfair”) because it seems like a…

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Listen Up: 4 Ways to Give Your Students a Say in the Classroom

When you picture your ideal classroom, does it involve vibrant discussions, debates and collaboration? Or does it look like a cut-and-dry lecture with you standing at the head of the room talking as your students take notes with their heads down? Probably the former, because you want proof that your students are engaged and feel their fair share of ownership in the classroom. The real magic happens when students feel like their voice is a valid part of their classroom community. Suddenly they understand that they have a choice in everything from how they tackle their academics to the classroom…

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