The awful sensation when you watch your kid fail. I am standing by the door, eavesdropping on my son's interview with a school admission...

Maybe early specialisation in one sport isn't the only way to win. In Singapore, we have a fixation on specialisation in one sport as...

The reason for the season. I was in a funk for weeks. Irritable, resentful and mean. At a yoga session, the instructor said, "Find...

The importance of social and emotional learning in our classrooms. Some people think only intellect counts: knowing how to solve...

In our schools, feedback comes through graded assessment papers, twice-a-year report cards and annual parent-teacher sessions. It...

When your child tells you that he does not know how to do something, your answer needs to be "not yet". "You are braver than you believe,...

Back-to-school survival tip No. 2 - Remember that they are your little people. We want to be their safe base after their long stressful...

In this new school year, try something different. It may help preserve your sanity :). Here's back-to-school survival tip No.1 - Focus...

Far from a fad, Mind Brain and Education has been around for over 30 years and could be a good parenting guide for us all. "Our greatest...

If being in the Singapore education system makes you feel like you are stuck in a stressful situation, then maybe a reminder and a tool...

Make the space, not just MakerSpace - if we want our children to be creative, then we need to give them time to space out as often as we...

A little known fact about bad results - sometimes it is simply not a function of the effort you put in, or how stupid you are. "Even...

The tale of two education systems - an exploration into why the same triggering event produces two different student outcomes. “It’s not...