Math skills are increasingly a barrier for many students. Should schools do something to change that?Continue reading on EduCreate »

“When everything around you is moving fast, the ability to remain still in your mind can become your greatest competitive advantage.”IntroductionProject management is rarely a peaceful profession.A normal day can begin with a customer escalation, fol...

And why teachers often soften their wordsContinue reading on EduCreate »

How ninety-three questions about my childhood became minus ninety-nine wordsI am writing a memoir.This is already an unreasonable thing to do.A memoir requires you to turn your own life into a narrative without accidentally making yourself sound like...

We keep asking why Indonesian students underperform on global assessment. Maybe we’re solving the wrong equation.I still remember the night before my final exam in senior high school. I wasn’t studying to understand, I was studying to recall. Dates,...

IntroductionMost of the time we can’t really be ourselves in public because of anxiety.Why does this happen?Why do I always feel weird or shy?Why can’t I make it stop? Why can’t I control it?The Types of AnxietyTo understand how to defeat worry, you...

A scalable model for economic resilience when infrastructure failsEconomic development often assumes the presence of stable infrastructure — electricity, internet, trained teachers, and reliable supply chains. But in many low-income regions, these as...

Turns out the tomato timer deserved its reputationImage generated by the author with GeminiI’m serious. Does this ever happen to you?You decide to stop getting sucked into Shorts and Reels — and somewhere in there, your brain suddenly starts behaving...

In 2019, my partner sprained his knee carrying my suitcase up three flights of stairs to our AirBnB vacation rental in Los Angeles…Continue reading on EduCreate »

What you need for calm, creative, child-centred spacesPhoto by Compagnons on UnsplashThe first preschool room I saw was Montessori inspired.If you’re familiar with Montessori, I’m sure you can guess what it looked like.Light timber shelving, sponges,...