The NEW “Higher Order” Skills Gap
Reducing the actions of today’s successful professionals (doctors, lawyers, consultants, etc.) to their basic structures, we see a similar pattern of sophisticated skills to gather and analyze data, interpret data for meaning, and create and implement a plan to act....
read moreLeadership is Like Herding Tigers
You may be familiar with the phrase “herding cats” – a term used to describe attempts to corral unwieldy folks or processes. In a slight twist, author, speaker, advisor and self-described “arms dealer for the creative revolution”, Todd Henry likens the effort of...
read moreIf You Can Be Replaced …
“If in your role as _____________, you can be replaced by artificial intelligence, you should be.” I heard this sentence a couple of months ago and the blank was filled in with “teacher.” Since this time, in conversations about artificial intelligence (AI) from Dubai...
read moreMayerson Academy’s Orton-Gillingham Program Graduates Achieve Results
At Mayerson Academy, we offer learning services to change-agent educators, helping them to feel empowered and confident in their expanded capacities. There is no greater joy than when we receive feedback from them about how their engagement with their learning is...
read more3 Ideas on Happiness and Well-Being from Around the World
Goldie Hawn, Jeffrey Sachs and Matthieu Ricard agreed when they spoke on happiness and well-being. At the invitation of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Ruler of Dubai and Her...
read moreAn Evening With Lea Waters: Raising Strong Children Recap
On January 11th, Mayerson Academy, Beech Acres Parenting Center and Children, Inc. welcomed author Lea Waters to Cincinnati as part of the Raising Positive Children: Global Author Series. Dr. Waters is an Australian psychologist, academic, researcher, author, and...
read moreMayerson Academy’s Online Orton-Gillingham Course and App Receive Accolades at the DyslexiaCon17
Mayerson Academy’s booth at DyslexiaCon17, the International Dyslexia Association’s Reading, Literacy, and Learning Conference was crowded with educators wanting to learn more about their Orton-Gillingham Multisensory Reading course – the only totally online course...
read moreRaising Positive Children: Global Author Series
Buy Tickets Today! Today, perhaps more than ever, we benefit from hearing messages of hope—messages that focus on strengths, confidence, mindfulness, and resilience. In partnership with Beech Acres Parenting Center and Children, Inc., we are presenting and bringing...
read moreWork Hard. Be True. Care for Others.
Recently we celebrated the first 25 years of Mayerson Academy at our Be Your Best. Move the World. event and invited participants to tell us what it means to "be at your best." 150+ partners and friends who celebrated with us captured their thoughts on paper speech...
read moreMayerson Academy is 25! That’s a Fact!
Mayerson Academy has been inspiring educators, organizations and communities to be their best for 25 years. That’s right—this year, we turn 25! As we celebrate this milestone anniversary, we’re taking a look back – and forward – at our work and all of our amazing...
read moreWe Agree on Something!
There seems to be endless acrimony and polarization in our national conversation on so many topics. That makes it especially exciting to me when I see important and productive issues for which there appears to be agreement. While education has no shortage of...
read moreUnderstanding Appreciation of Beauty & Excellence
If you walked into my cubical right now, it would be hard to recognize that one of my top strengths is appreciation of beauty and excellence. Messy desk aside, I also had a hard time recognizing this strength in myself. The VIA Institute on Character explains that...
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