Girls, STEAM, & Growth Mindset
Full STEAM ahead: What happens to the girls who could go on to study and work in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math (STEAM), but who actually don’t? They miss incredible opportunities that could change their lives. This is often less a...
Home School Resources: Teaching A Youth Entrepreneurship Curriculum
Many parents are finding that traditional public school options are inadequate for their children’s education. Some opt to take their child’s schooling into their own hands, and offer a home school program instead. While this may require more work for both the parent and child,...
Overcoming Fear of Failure for a Chance at Success
Our mindset and the way in which we think affects how we think. The celebrated psychologist Carol Dweck has written about mindset in her research surrounding motivation, personality and development. Her writings are included in her book, Mindset: The New Psychology of Success. Before Dweck’s research, which...
What Does Neuroscience Tell Us About Riwiring The Brain?
Our potential needs to be unleashed. And in children, that comes from encouragement as well as challenges. Girls need to be pushed and told that they can grow in order to see their potentail and this needs to be done when they're young. By the time...
Without A Growth Mindset, Girls Limit Themselves
Many girls who are straight-A students are often discouraged from subjects where they achieve less than an A. As a result, these gifted girls assume that the course content is not for them, so they choose not to push themselves to pursue these subjects further. Typically...