A new study from the Center for American Progress concludes that teachers’ expectations for their students are strongly correlated with students’ graduation rates. Unfortunately, the study also says ...

“High expectations” is the mantra of today’s school reformers, who are convinced that the trouble with public education is that students have been allowed to slide by with little effort. Their version ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Travers writes about the world of psychology. Imagine someone telling you they know you are going to succeed before you even ...

New CAP research makes clear the importance of high teacher expectations for all students. Jimmy Guevara, 17, left, stands next to the board taking notes during his 10th-grade math class as teacher ...

In the 1960s, a researcher lied to prove students would rise to meet their teachers’ expectations. But no one could replicate those results without also lying — until now. Beverly Cantello didn’t ...

Poor Professor Henry Higgins. Whatever would he make of a world where the Queen’s English has come undone by emojis, acronyms and the scourge that is uptalk? Still, George Bernard Shaw’s “Pygmalion” ...

Linda: The myth of Pygmalion is told in Ovid's Metaphorphoses. Pygmalion was a gifted young sculptor in Cyprus who fell in love with a statue he had carved. Pygmalion had strong misgivings about women ...

Simply holding positive expectations about someone’s performance and truly believing in their capabilities can subtly but powerfully affect their behavior—leading to positive outcomes. This is what is ...