On Jan. 28, 2025, the U.S. Department of Education released 2024 NAEP results, showing that 41% of fourth graders read below Basic. That’s 95,000 more than in 2022, bringing the total to 1.6 million ...

Contrary to the widespread belief that people learn from their mistakes, new science suggests that failure is not always the best teacher. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and Clark ...

Failure doesn’t get easier with time. Even after nearly two decades of leading teams, navigating challenges and building lasting partnerships, the sting of falling short still hits hard, especially ...

While discussing inventions, Thomas Edison’s associate, Walter S. Mallory, once said to him, “Isn’t it a shame that with the tremendous amount of work you have done, you haven’t been able to get any ...

Organizations need to learn from failure, encourage constructive discussions, debates, and even dissent, and move forward. Many organizations—and their leaders ...

Why is it that we can learn more from failure than success? While it may seem illogical, it’s true. It appears that the pain we associate with failure weighs heavier and sticks with us longer than the ...

Reducing failure rates in higher education is typically a mark of student success. But Hamilton College is flipping the narrative this academic year with a new campaign that teaches students to fail ...

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Failure is an inevitable, healthy, and normal part of life—and a great way to “practice” failure is though youth sport. Being able to embrace failure and grow from it are skills, and testing those ...