Want to be a competition champion? Practice these 10 skills to up your game!
Academic competitions are an excellent way for students to learn the crucial life skills missing from the school curriculum. Skills like teamwork, collaboration, and risk…
Help Design The Earth Prize – a $1M Youth Environmental Award Program
Complete the questionnaire here to get early access to the Earth Prize! Fires across the west coast of the United States are just the most…
Science Fair Educational Impacts – new findings for a new decade.
For over 60 years, science fairs have been an integral component of many student’s education. According to Science Buddies – a science fair support website…
These high schools are leading the pack in predicting the future!
After its first two years, the race is heating up in crowning the country’s young actuarial champions. Actuaries are at the front lines of major…
The difference between student rewards and student competitions – what to use and what to steer clear of.
Several times a month we receive questions about the benefits of student competitions. Concerned parents want to know, “should my daughter get involved in the…
Competition Versus Cooperation – It’s Not an Either Or Proposition
There has been an ongoing debate in the world of youth sports about the value of the participation trophy. Those in favor want to make…
Educators and parents both need to know how to talk to kids when they don’t get a trophy
To many parents, sending their kids home with a trophy is the biggest reward from participating in academic competitions. They want to be able to…
How competitions can help students train their imaginations, and change the future.
Ask any football player, and he’ll tell you that he had sat in his locker before a game and imagined himself making the big play.…
Teach Creativity to Enhance Problem-Solving Skills
The formal reason for sending our students to school every fall is to help them receive a good education and set them up for success…