When I arrived at Yale more than 30 years ago to do graduate work in theology, I soon heard other students urging that I take a course with David Kelsey. Even as an undergraduate I had already learned ...

Parents and caregivers often feel like their children are not listening, but experts say there is a difference between simply hearing and truly understanding. Kendra Morgan, founder of Building All ...

More than one intelligent person has quipped that money (or math) makes the world go 'round. But in reality, it's communication that makes this little blue marble spin. Just about everything that ...

Over at my blog about English-language learners, Learning the Language, I discuss how many teachers don’t spend much time teaching oral English to ELLs, particularly in the upper grades. My ...

One of our most powerful strategies as teachers is to listen to our students, to learn who they are, and to find out what sparks their curiosity. When I started listening more intentionally to my 9th ...

A simple shift in business education, training MBA students to listen effectively, can significantly boost their humility and ability to lead with integrity, according to a new study from the ...

Our collective pandemic exhaustion has reached new lows, further eroding what little empathy we had left for one another. As rancorous debates over school openings, mask mandates and how racism is ...