There’s this assumption we often carry, quietly, maybe even unconsciously, that intelligence guarantees success. That the brightest students will naturally rise to the top, breeze through school, and emerge as the future leaders, scientists, or artists we pin our hopes on. But in real classrooms, that’s not always what happens. In fact, some of the ...
It starts like this: a quiet kid in the back of the classroom suddenly becomes animated during review time. Hands shoot up. Voices get louder. The room feels less like a worksheet factory and more like a gaming lounge. The reason? A platform called Gimkit, where knowledge meets gameplay, and where kids are quietly using ...
We talk a lot about attention these days. Apps hijack it. Parents wish they could bottle more of it. Teachers try to keep it from drifting out the window mid-lesson. It’s become a commodity, a battleground, a source of anxiety and aspiration. But somewhere in the noise, between the finger-pointing about screen time and the ...
Some students raise red flags early: missed homework, chronic absences, angry outbursts, or withdrawn behavior. Teachers and parents know to look closer. They ask questions, intervene, sometimes bring in counselors or specialists. But the ones who slide under the radar? The students who look “fine”? Those are often the ones struggling the most in silence. ...
