Eric Walters

Most retirees will have access to Medicare at age 65, but many planning for retirement do not have a clear understanding of what Medicare covers, what additional options are available, or, most importantly, what savings they’ll need to cover their cost of healthcare in retirement.

Like many educators, I’ve noticed a growing tension between what we ask students to do (both in school and out) and what students actually have time to do. However, we often structure learning as if students have two full-time jobs. In his book The Homework Myth, Alfie Kohn argues, “As a rule, the point of homework generally isn’t to learn, much less derive pleasure from learning. It’s something to be finished.

American author Gail Sheehy once noted, “Creativity can be described as letting go of certainties.” A quiet and persistent myth shapes how learners see themselves: Creativity belongs to a small group of people—artists, performers, and the naturally imaginative. Everyone else is in search of the right answer. How do we as educators reinforce the notion that all students can be creative? How do we challenge all students so that creativity is more than being able to sketch a bowl of fruit?