by Flavia Vincenzi | Dec 11, 2019 | Uncategorized
According to a post in Mindshift, a lawsuit is challenging the University of California system’s use of the SAT or ACT as a requirement for admission. A draft argues that the tests are deeply biased and provide no meaningful information about a student’s...
by Flavia Vincenzi | Nov 6, 2019 | mindfulness
This week I was reading a post in MindShift about a special phase that some teachers live during the academic year, called “The Disillusionment Phase”. Many teachers, especially in the first classes (primary or secondary school) start the year full of energy and...
by Flavia Vincenzi | Oct 23, 2019 | mindfulness, mindfulness, tools, worldwide
Some days ago I read a post in MindShift about arts integrated with other subjects in school. There is a school in Vermont (USA) where all is based upon arts: they learn geometry through Kandinsky’s paintings (calculating angles and areas of the painted shapes),...
by Flavia Vincenzi | Sep 25, 2019 | fear, personal growth, personal growth, personal growth, tools, trivia, trivia, trivia, worldwide, worldwide, worldwide, worldwide, worldwide
Can you remember a time, in school, when you raised your hand, sure about the answer, waiting impatiently to speak… but your answer was wrong? Or do you remember thinking you did a good test but then you got a bad mark? I remember these situations very well, but most...
by Flavia Vincenzi | Sep 18, 2019 | personal growth, trivia
In these years, rates of anxiety and depression among children and teens have been steadily rising. A recent article on MindShift sheds light on this aspect, reporting Katherine Reynolds Lewis’ opinion (she is a journalist, parent, parent-educator and the author of...
by Flavia Vincenzi | Jul 24, 2019 | news, news, news, news, news, news
Combining an enriching career and a loving relationship is a dream for many people. But for women, this could be even utopia. The World Economic Forum lead a research in Sweden on this topic (nowadays, the proportions of female CEOs, corporate board members, and...
