Recently, a story from 2021 trended again on the internet about an HBO intern who accidentally sent a test email to thousands of subscribers, sparking a viral response from people sharing their own ...

Everyone makes mistakes and children are no exception. What's important is how we learn from them. Yet, children grow up in a society that pressures them to be perfect and intelligent - to achieve the ...

Corrected: A previous version of this essay included a misspelling of Amy C. Edmondson’s name. The best teachers create classrooms where students understand that making mistakes and even experiencing ...

“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” This quote is often credited to Albert Einstein. Mistakes in life, business and relationships are inevitable. We’re all human—they ...

In our age of information overload, remembering things can be a daunting task. But as a memory researcher and college professor, I’ve found some hope in that challenge. In January 2021, like millions ...

This article was first published in the Mindset Works newsletter. We can deepen our own and our students' understanding of mistakes, which are not all created equal, and are not always desirable.

Just decades ago, parents would typically give their kids space to figure things out on their own, and as a result, those kids gained invaluable life skills that are increasingly rare today.

From rushing through prep to misjudging students’ readiness for a task to teaching the way they were taught, experienced ...