Gen Z Opens Up About Mental Health & Education Needs in New Study
A new Gallup-Walton Family Foundation study talked directly with Gen Z’ers across the nation and learned what many of us in the older...
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Julie Kucks
- Sep 14
- 4 min
3 Ways Research Improves Self-Esteem
While researching the blogpost you are about to read, I went down 9 different rabbit holes and read over 18 articles. I pulled...
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Julie Kucks
- Sep 7
- 6 min
Feeling Comfortable in Nature Means Greater Healing Benefits
Study finds a sense of belonging in the natural world is key to sustaining nature’s mental health benefits. For my birthday this year, I...
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Julie Kucks
- Aug 30
- 2 min
The Secret to Building Wealth? Relationships.
Wealth doesn’t guarantee happiness. But happiness in relationships can guarantee wealth. Most of us have a strong desire to be...
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Julie Kucks
- Aug 16
- 3 min
We Want Innovative Future Leaders. But We’re Not Educating Innovatively.
How do we prepare students for a future we can barely even imagine? One Friday in 2018, Greta Thunberg decided to skip school. This...
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Julie Kucks
- Jul 26
- 5 min
What is Math Fact Fluency & Why Is it Important in STEM?
Whenever we learn a language – whether we’re learning Spanish, beginning to play an instrument, or understanding how nature speaks – we...
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Julie Kucks
- Jul 4
- 3 min
Mentorship: The Bond That Goes Beyond Academics
“It is through relationships that we learn other possible ways of living our lives.” Shortly after H. Yumi Kim began her Assistant...
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Julie Kucks
- Jun 28
- 4 min
3 Reasons Why High School Research Will Help Get You Into College
If you’ve ever seen (or even heard of) Gilmore Girls, you’ll know that the main character, Rory, is desperate to get into Harvard – and...
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Julie Kucks
- Jun 1
- 4 min
Why Environmentalism is Gen Z’s Greatest Career Choice
Don’t want to be boxed in? Pursue a career in environmentalism and play every role. In the dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451, the character...
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Julie Kucks
- May 18
- 5 min
5 Social Media Mindfulness Tips For The Summer
Summertime means freedom for many young people. It is a time to shut the books, click off the timers, and leave the obligations behind –...
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Julie Kucks
- Apr 5
- 3 min
5 Reasons Why Summer Education Is Important
Summer may seem far away, but it will be here before we know it! And now is the time to get a head start on planning your child’s summer...
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Julie Kucks
- Mar 29
- 4 min
Is Screen Time Harmful or Helpful for Student Learning?
How much screen time is too much in education? Our team recently discovered this interview with Maryann Wolf, the director of the Center...
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Julie Kucks
- Mar 20
- 4 min
Students Reveal What’s Wrong with Education in a Global Survey
Are students happy in school? Do they feel like they have a purpose? Is our education system failing them? We now have insight into these...
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Julie Kucks
- Mar 8
- 5 min
Mindful Birding Relieves Stress in Teens
I recently moved to a marina in South Brooklyn. And the most dramatic mental change since moving out of the city’s epicenter toward the...
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Julie Kucks
- Mar 1
- 6 min
How Puberty Changes the Brain
We know that puberty changes the body. But what does it do to the mind? Puberty. We often associate it with “raging hormones,” impulsive...
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Julie Kucks
- Feb 21
- 7 min
Girls are Opting out of STEM: What Can We Do?
With STEM-related fields burgeoning, why is it that girls are less likely to pursue these opportunities than boys? “Draw a scientist.” In...
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Julie Kucks
- Feb 15
- 6 min
3 Sustainable Living Habits to Improve Mental Health
We know sustainability and mental health are important. But how does one affect the other? Uggianaqtuq. This is a vocabulary word of the...
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Kate Saunders
- Feb 2
- 3 min
Alternative Health Care for Horses
When was the last time you cleared your horse’s energy fields? Knowing your horse includes knowing their energy fields and exploring...
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Julie Kucks
- Jan 12
- 7 min
Why is Holistic Education Important? Understanding What Students Need for Academic Success
Holistic education is a learning philosophy that believes students are people, not simply academics, and should thus be educated as a...
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Julie Kucks
- Jan 4
- 7 min
Returning to Old Routines in the New Year
It’s the new year. The holidays – where we slept more, slept less, drank more, drank less water, celebrated, and let go of habits – are...
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