In this video, Allegra the ant teaches us about the importance of cooperation and working together as a team to achieve common goals. Through examples of how ants collaborate in their colonies, we learn that every job is important and...

At the age of seven, Sonia was already helping her teacher at school and teaching other girls in the street where she lived. Her vocation was again reinforced in adolescence, when she successfully mentored a classmate from South...

Željana is a former refugee and now teaches in the rural community. She could never get back to her hometown, but her experiences inspired her to develop a new type of school tailored for a child of the 21st century. In her first big...

The FlagHouse Catch & Balance Set is the perfect tool for teaching teamwork and communication skills. Work together with a partner to catch, throw and move with the balance nets and attached bands, great fun for everyone!

In this video, Allegra the Ant teaches us about the importance of cooperation and teamwork. Through a story about volleyball, we learn how a group of children came together to fix their worn-out court by organizing, seeking donations,...

In this video, Sammy the Squirrel teaches us about responsibility and the importance of fulfilling our duties. Sammy shares how squirrels work hard to store enough food for the winter and how they live in well-developed groups. Sammy...

Collaboration is essential to students’ learning! Having kids work together promotes cooperation, builds social-emotional skills, and gets them engaged in active learning. Group work, on the other hand, tends to come with challenges....

Dr. Tropp’s research focuses on expectations and outcomes of intergroup contact, identification with social groups, interpretations of intergroup relationships, and responses to prejudice and disadvantage. She received the 2012...

In this video, Raffi the Rabbit teaches the importance of unity and sticking together during difficult times. Through the story of Joab and his grandmother's flooded farm, Raffi shows how unity can bring people together to help and...

In this video, Shanya the sheep and her shepherd friend Liam teach us about the value of inclusion. They explain that inclusion is accepting and learning from each other, regardless of our differences. Through their stories and examples,...

Good incentives are no substitute for good citizens.



Human beings, notes Sam Bowles, a Research Professor at the Santa Fe Institute, are complex, psychological beings given to all sorts of motivations well beyond naked...

At the age of seven, Sonia was already helping her teacher at school and teaching other girls in the street where she lived. Her vocation was again reinforced in adolescence, when she successfully mentored a classmate from South...

Some teachers say they try "group work" but then complain that it doesn't work. In reality, those students don't see the benefits of group work and don't have the skills to effectively work as a team. That's where the activities and...

Sullen Inwood is the Director of Easton Country Day School.She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Communication Disorders/Learning Disabilities at Northwestern University and her Master’s in Education for Pre-K – 12 at Southern Connecticut....

Dr. Dennis Shirley is Professor of Education at the Lynch School of Education at Boston College, Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Educational Change, and Chair of the Special Interest Group (SIG) on Educational Change of the American...

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Dr. Tropp’s research focuses on expectations and outcomes of intergroup contact, identification with social groups, interpretations of intergroup relationships, and responses to prejudice and disadvantage. She received the 2012...