by John Zurn | Mar 29, 2025 | Blog
John Zurn Educational Author- School Consultant Homeschool parents need to think hard about how they define success for their children. Is it to become the best in their field? ….the top scholar? ….the wealthiest individual? ….the one with the...
by John Zurn | Mar 19, 2025 | Blog
John Zurn Educational Author- School Consultant The federal government conducts National Household Education Surveys every three to four years that focus on a variety of subjects, including homeschooling. In the 2023 survey, the top three reasons parents chose to...
by John Zurn | Mar 12, 2025 | Blog
John Zurn Educational Author- School Consultant at t is i in the Homeschool By all estimates, homeschooling has gone through considerable growth in the past decade. At least some of this is due to the impact of Covid beginning in 2019 in which many schools...
by John Zurn | Feb 26, 2025 | Blog
John Zurn Educational Author- School Consultant ;;; Teachers typically choose responsibility as the culminating Trait for Success. Once students have been given instruction on how to build character, their goal at the end of a school year is to demonstrate their...
by John Zurn | Feb 6, 2025 | Blog
John Zurn Educational Author- School Consultant One does not need to look far on the Internet to find articles that flout the importance of collaboration. Whether collaboration is focused on teamwork, building professional relationships, or conflict resolution,...
by John Zurn | Jan 30, 2025 | Blog
John Zurn Educational Author- School Consultant Parenting is undoubtedly one of the most challenging tasks most of us will face. Our children start entirely dependent on our ability and willingness to feed, bathe, clothe, love, and care for all their infant...
by John Zurn | Jan 15, 2025 | Blog
John Zurn Educational Author- School Consultant Students who are flexible do not get stuck in problem-solving. They know that if a solution is not forthcoming, it is time to look at the problem from a new perspective and try different methods for reaching...
by John Zurn | Jan 8, 2025 | Blog
John Zurn Educational Author- School Consultant As teachers and as parents, what kind of children do we want to raise? The child paralyzed by fear or the child challenged by hope? The child who easily loses confidence when confronted by alternatives or the...
by John Zurn | Jan 8, 2025 | Blog
John Zurn Educational Author- School Consultant ” I think it is easy to see that working hard contributes immensely to success. Words like grit and determination pop up regularly in success books, and certainly, one measure of educational success can be...
by John Zurn | Dec 18, 2024 | Blog
John Zurn Educational Author- School Consultant Social scientists in the past two decades have clearly stated that human values matter when it comes to defining and managing your measure of personal success. Brene Brown talks about the importance of...
by John Zurn | Dec 5, 2024 | Blog
John Zurn Educational Author- School Consultant When our teachers first developed our list of Traits for Success, courage was not a part of it. Several years into the program, we began to understand the aspirational qualities of success in schools. We wanted...
by John Zurn | Nov 27, 2024 | Blog
John Zurn Educational Author- School Consultant Attentiveness is about the choices a student makes. Is he or she paying attention to the things that are most important? Some students need to pay attention to teacher directions, others to the quality of their...
