Academically-gifted youth, such as Adam Lanza has been described, sometimes have emotional challenges that are called "twice exceptional," which cause them to channel their power for great good or for mighty tragedy.
With mounting pressures on schools today, the suggestion that teachers should also be preparing students to address our growing ecological crises might seem ridiculous at best. But what if doing so could boost student achievement?
We are no longer only part of our family, neighborhood and local political ward. Social media links us to a worldwide family to which we must be responsible, or suffer an increasingly war-filled, global consequence.
Now that the awe-inspiring London 2012 Olympics are over and we're done celebrating the amazing physical performances of Gabby Douglas, Usain Bolt, Michael Phelps, and so many others from around the world... We go back to our normal lives. But should we?
We are beings that do not see the world literally or dispassionately. We see the world filtered through our most developed talent, our social intelligence, and spirituality is a direct consequence.
Last week, the Federal Trade Commission gave a stamp of approval to a background check company that screens job applicants based on their Internet pho...
Today, a new generation of scientists, scholars, and social reformers are beginning to challenge some of the underlying assumptions of both the Age of Faith and the Age of Reason, taking us into the Age of Empathy.
In the heat of the 1992 presidential campaign, during a town hall style debate, President George H. W. Bush looked at his wristwatch while he was bein...