“There is a vast difference between knowing the right thing to do and actually doing the right thing,” Nobel-winning economist Thomas Schelling once said. The evidence is unequivocal: early childhood education is one of the most impactful investments a society can make. Ninety percent of brain development occurs before the age of five, and decades of […]
In a wide-ranging Fireside Chat with Better, legendary psychologist and Harvard Graduate School Of Education professor Howard Gardner discussed how education around the world evolved in response to his Multiple Intelligences Theory (MI). During the discussion, based on his memoir, “A Synthesizing Mind,” Gardner explained how parents and educators should be nurturing and educating children […]
Watch on May 6, 2 P.M. PT, on Facebook Live Join us for a Fireside Chat with Howard Gardner, American developmental psychologist and the John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Research Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education at Harvard University Professor and Susan Noyes, Founder and Publisher of Make […]
In the Internet age and in the wake of Harvard’s largest cheating scandal in history, teaching our children to be ethical is a job parents could use a little help in tackling.
Bill Damon was a mediocre student drifting through life. Until the day he told his junior high teacher that he hadn’t worked hard on an assignment because it didn’t really matter. The teacher responded, “EVERYTHING YOU DO IN LIFE MATTERS!!” He wouldn’t let Damon turn in mediocre work. Now Damon is a professor at Stanford […]
A preeminent Harvard professor is on a mission to develop more ethical minds in high-achieving youth
Make It Better was proud to co-sponsor Dr. Howard Gardner’s visit to the North Shore on Oct. 29 and 30 with the Family Awareness Network (FAN) and New Trier High School. Lonnie Stonitsch, FAN co-chair, managed to catch up with Gardner post visit and had him answer the following questions. MIB: Why did you […]
Want to raise children who will be successful in the 21st century? Give them an education that emphasizes discipline, creativity, respectfulness, ethics and the ability to synthesize complex information, according to Howard Gardner, the renowned Harvard Graduate School of Education professor. On Oct. 29 and 30, Gardner spoke with more than 1,200 North Shore parents, […]
