Educators are worn out. We feel overwhelmed. We doubt our effectiveness. We question our purpose. And amid our self-doubt and anxiety about the state...

Attention is under siege more than it has ever been in human history, we have more distractions than ever before, we have to be more focused on cultiv...

Surely most of us would like to move beyond merely surviving in the new year to THRIVING in every aspect of our lives. Let’s consider three specific...

Grit as an essential “non-cognitive” trait The research of Angela Duckworth and associates on the singular character trait of grit has garnered su...

My answer to teachers who ask me, “How do I motivate my students?” is simple. You can’t. Since motivation is an inherent personal choice, it is...

With the passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), states are now required to include at least one measure other than test scores in their acc...

Many are using social networking to get word out that the US Departments of Education and Justice released guidance and tools about the legal obliga...

This article was originally published on ZacarianConsulting.com. How do two separate people from different places and with different roles actually go...

“Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way; on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally.” -Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD. (founding...

This post was originally published on Zacarianconsulting.com. US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan recently reemphasized the importance of the annua...