Research & Resources

This chapter explores the common characteristics of schools that have high poverty rates, high ethnic/racial minority populations, and high academic achievement.

Two men scramble to staff their IT department.

When a forklift operator struggles to lift boxes high enough, he receives some unexpected help.

Yale graduate Peter Brand uses statistical analysis to evaluate potential players for the Oakland Athletics. Because of his revolutionary way of thinking about baseball players, Brand sees the potential in players others have discounted. Questions What is the value of…

Bart Simpson is sent to a remedial class after it is discovered that he never learned cursive.

When astronauts have a CO2 filter problem, NASA engineers are asked to figure out “how to put a square peg in a round hole.” The team immediately begins to problem-solve.

When Babe attempts to herd sheep, he learns an important lesson about leadership and the treatment of team members.

Jerry Seinfeld attempts to teach history to a struggling class.

Ben Stein gives an economics lecture to disengaged students.

Classic attendance clip from the film Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.