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For most of us growing up, this idiom ensured we got full marks in the grammar section of the Language paper, and for some of us, we attempted to use many more like these in the composition section to impress the teacher with all that we were taught (ask any Queen Marian, and each one […]

I consider myself privileged to have access to some of the most astute brains working in the field of Human Resources. More than their knowledge, I value their experience that has had more than their share of Bell Curves! In fact, the more challenges they face, the greater the contribution to my world (and I […]

“Why can’t schools be only for 4 hours, and the rest of the time, we get to do what we want,” is a query raised in one of our children’s workshops by a 12 year old. “You know this is an era, where kids by default know a lot more, read up independently and can […]

Blueberry’s Iceream and education processes… An unlikely combination, you would say. But this story narrated by James Vollmer, author of the book Schools Cannot Do It Alone, and creator of the viral video series “The Great Conversation’ mentions how one encounter turned him from a hard- headed businessman to a fervent proponent of public education. […]

Kara Newhouse’s August article in the e-magazine, Mindshift brings to focus an important aspect of what’s not working in our classrooms – Numeracy defined as ‘Math’ that almost borders on being “apolitical and cold.” She speaks of ‘humanising’ Math so that our standards improve from a ‘learning’ perspective and not simply from a ‘grade’ perspective. […]

For the past 18 years that I have been in the education space, these words by Martin Luther King Jr. have been a source of inspiration and direction for me: “The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the true goal of […]