By Tim Elmore   During a Q&A session with an audience of 700 secondary educators, one math teacher raised his hand. His question for me was revealing: “What should I say,” he inquired, “if students ask me if they will ever use this stuff after graduation?”    This was an AP math instructor with gifted students. Yet his question revealed that he had no

By Michael Kobito   To many, student success is measured by how impressive a child’s resume is as they prepare competitive applications for college admission. I saw this repeatedly as a high school band director. I spent most of my time teaching ninth through twelfth-grade students and was fortunate to help at our local middle schools, easing the transition for the students