Achieving Equity: Knowing the Right Questions to Ask
Instead of asking, “How far have we fallen?” regarding student learning during COVID, we should be asking, “Where were we before the fall?”
Betsy Hill
Betsy Hill is President of BrainWare Learning Company, a company that builds learning capacity through the practical application of neuroscience. She is an experienced educator and has studied the connection between neuroscience and education with Dr. Patricia Wolfe (author of Brain Matters) and other experts. She is a former chair of the board of trustees at Chicago State University and teaches strategic thinking in the MBA program at Lake Forest Graduate School of Management. She holds a Master of Arts in Teaching and an MBA from Northwestern University.
What You Should Know About Executive Functions
Executive Functions are the directive capacities of our brains—how we manage information, plan and decide, act or stop ourselves from acting, adapt to unexpected situations. Executive Functions can be assessed and developed.
Blueprint for Building a 21st Century Worker Part Two: Are We Workforce-Ready?
Betsy Hill and Roger Stark share a blueprint for developing the 21st century worker, with neuroscience as the architect and a strong, flexible mind as its foundation.
Blueprint for Building a 21st Century Worker
Neuroscience research suggests intelligence is not fixed and the ability to learn, think and problem-solve can be enhanced at any age. The implications of this new knowledge in the workplace are profound.
3 Keys to Building Individual Learning Capacity
What is the difference between learning ability and learning capacity? While everyone has the ability to learn, we don’t all have the same capacity to learn.
What You Should Know About Cognitive Skills Development in Special Education
Educators working with students with deficits in cognitive processes that impede their ability to read, write and do math typically use three categories of strategies