We are all guilty of showering our children with empty praise that is essentially meaningless. Empty praise sounds like “Great job!” – which is too general and abstract to make sense – or “You are so smart!” – which is not helpful because intelligence is a genetic trait; it is not something that is earned […]
The Vaux Big Picture High School opened four years ago with a roar of public and private funding in the millions and a new vision of a high school in the neighborhood. It is a Philadelphia School District school with unionized teachers and staff, but is operated by an outside education company. The Philadelphia Housing […]
