When I was maybe 8 or 9 years old, I was playing in the basement of our house, and I found a duffle bag stuffed under a pile of other random stuff. The bag was full of plaques, trophies, and different ...

You may think extra cash or other outside rewards drive us to achieve, but true and sustained motivation comes from within, research shows. We sometimes look at motivation backwards: We assume there ...

“There is one thing you must never do and that is, to interfere by praising a child’s work, or punishing him if it is wrong, or even by correcting his mistakes. The child who has never learned to work ...

Here are three fun and inexpensive ways I have found to celebrate the inspirational work of our teachers: Management expert ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. The alarm buzzes, the coffee brews and you’re back at the grind—whether it's logging into ...

SPRINGDALE -- "Grades are extrinsic motivators, (but) deep, meaningful, sustained learning requires intrinsic motivation," says Josh Eyler, director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and ...