From Ford to Musk, the image of the successful entrepreneur has often been intertwined with a set of traditional ideals: unyielding confidence, unwavering determination and an unrelenting pursuit of ...

Marcus Buckingham, called the “founder of the strengths revolution,” is known for encouraging leaders to focus on what they do best, rather than on weaknesses. In a Tuesday keynote at the Association ...

A front-page headline a few days ago in Springfield’s The State Journal-Register announced a record enrollment at the Springfield campus of the University of Illinois. That’s great news for both the ...

A Hickman Mills C-1 School District teacher has earned a statewide honor. Kimberly Sixta, a social studies teacher at Ruskin High School, was selected as the 2026 Missouri Teacher of the Year, the ...

not have matched the quality of the speeches given by students coached by public school teachers. The tableau component of the event showed the important role of the arts as students demonstrated ...

As a child, the only standard my mom held me to was that of doing my best. She never compared my efforts to anyone else’s or asked if I’d made an A. She asked, “Did you do your best?” I was simply ...

In conversations about public education in Los Angeles, the focus often centers on challenges, funding gaps, overcrowded classrooms, and the difficulties facing large urban school districts. Yet there ...