This article was first published in the Mindset Works newsletter. We can deepen our own and our students' understanding of mistakes, which are not all created equal, and are not always desirable.

As humans, our propensity for failure is inescapable, yet we sometimes go to great lengths to avoid it. Many people shy away from looking at their mistakes due to the perceived judgment, pain, and ...

Everyone makes mistakes and children are no exception. What's important is how we learn from them. Yet, children grow up in a society that pressures them to be perfect and intelligent - to achieve the ...

As a middle school principal, there were times when parents fought hard to prevent me from disciplining their children for mistakes they made at school. These parents always thought they were acting ...

Anime protagonists always have room to learn and grow, but that process doesn't always play out the same way. Often, an ...

Experience is the best teacher, but the tuition is high. Learn from the mistakes of others to avoid paying the price yourself – Unknown The Repeat Offender Ruth was a rising star in her [insurance] ...

Errors and mistakes are common in the classroom and in education. And I’ve published many posts about them. Today, educators share their strategies for handling errors made by students in their ...

In school, while the curious young child may have been excited to learn, the less socially secure and more self-conscious adolescent may be reluctant to do so when the challenges of formal education ...