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This is a fantastic story of a school counselor who helps her students find their inner rising star and then becomes one herself.

Passionate educators inspire passion in their students. It’s a fire that starts in school and burns forever bright.

What’s up with Rutgers University offering a course on Beyonce? Turns out, much can be learned when academics and pop culture collide.

Are you doing what you thought you’d be doing as a kid? Didn’t think so. Did your job even exist 20 years ago? It’s not hard to empathize with students over the daunting task of choosing a career path. But one thing that might make it easier? A road trip!

Many people share stories of teachers who’ve made lasting impressions. But this teacher-student relationship blossomed into friendship.

Here’s a story about high school students readying for college. Their principals, teachers and superintendents all feel they’re more than ready, but the formal measurement of college readiness tells another story. So who’s right? And what do you do when there’s conflicting assessments at such a critical time?

Have you heard of the beer goggles effect? The idea that the more you drink, the more attractive people get. But hold on. Maybe we’ve got this all wrong. Listen to this academic research on how the beer goggles effect may in fact be, the beer-holder effect.

How we define success for children can actually be harmful. Dr. Madeline Levine is a clinical psychologist and the co-founder of “Challenge Success” a project of the Stanford Graduate School of Education. She recently presented on this idea of redefining success for kids. We caught up with her after her speech.

Taking experiential learning to new heights, this innovative college course goes to prison.

There is more to a student than her grades. This is the philosophy that drives holistic admissions. But just how far does that go? And does everyone have the same idea about what holistic admissions even means?