As the year draws to a close, it offers us a rare pause – a moment to step back and at what we published, and more importantly, at what educators across the country were thinking, questioning and quietly negotiating . Over the past year, Mentor became less of a repository of answers and more of a listening space through stories that reflected the changing rhythms of schools, classrooms and leadership conversations. Speed One of the strongest themes to emerge was a growing discomfort with...

Genius is an understatement when we refer to Srinivasan Ramanujam. Numbers were malleable to him; whole, integer or rigid. This was a man who had mastered trigonometry at the age of 13, but failed his Fellow of Arts exam in college because the only subject that appealed to him was mathematics; English, Physiology, and Sanskrit papers remained insipid to this complex mind. His independent research in mathematics stemmed purely out of his passion. Ramanujam saw the universe in digits, as he...

When was the last time you jumped into a puddle and squealed with delight? Or looked up at the sky, and animated stories around cloud formations? How long has it been since you tended to the spontaneity within and did something on the spur of the moment? And, when did you last check on the child within you? The Invisible Child While the growing up years instill in us a sense of responsibility, accountability, and an urge to be productive, it does not forbid us to dim the spark or unbridled...