Students

We’ve heard it time and again—growing up is never easy. It can be filled with great joys as well as difficult experiences that shape a young persons’ life at a very early age.

Albert Einstein hated education in the traditional school setting. He found it too rigid and too dependent on memorization. “School failed me, and I failed the school,” he said in an interview with the author of: Einstein and the Poet: In Search of the Cosmic Man.

In my last blog, I wrote about how the disciplines of Math, Communications, Leadership, and Mental Health play an important role preparing high school students for college. In this blog I will share my views on the importance of creativity in teenagers and why the more creative your teenager is, the more value they can offer in the marketplace, both pre and post-graduation.

It’s true—Gen Z students want to be challenged. They want to be part of the solutions to help solve world problems. They want to be heard, and now more than ever, educators have to become more creative when trying to engage Gen Z students. No longer should learning be taught solely through a text book. […]

There’s never been a better time for students to maximize their college experience. Today you’re able to tap into every imaginable resource available – right at your fingertips. While college is a lot of hard work, it can also be a lot of fun. As the adage goes, “it is what you make it!” Since […]

Girl Up! It’s an extremely exciting time for girls and women who exhibit a passion to start their own business. At all of our camps this summer, we had amazing women entrepreneurs as guest speakers. Their influence on the BIZNOVATORS that participated in our camps, was clearly a pleasure to see. Every time we invite […]

Having interacted with young people throughout my career, I have seen that it is not just adults who have profound beliefs and perspectives. Todays’ youth are very passionate about their futures. While adults have faced challenges and major change throughout their life experience, todays’ youth are facing much more complex change at an unprecedented pace. […]

Where Are We Headed? In my previous blogs I have written about the current state of youth education and where I believe it is headed in the future. In all of my years of teaching I have been fascinated with the work many organizations have been doing to foster creativity and independent thinking. One organization […]