The past many weeks have required much of us. It’s required an adjustment to a “new normal” in that we aren’t at schools and workplaces, not going to playgro...

Lord Rabbi Jonathan Sacks once said, “Passover is the story of the defeat of probability by the force of possibility. It defines what it is to be a Jew: a li...

Malcom Gladwell, in his book Outliers: The Story of Success, examines different types of successful people in an attempt to explain how exactly these people ...

In an episode of the sitcom Friends, two of the characters have a debate based on the theories of philosopher Immanuel Kant about whether or not there is suc...

In the early 1990’s, 700 nuns, aged 75 to 102, agreed to share their records as part of a study related to Alzheimer’s. Previously, in 1930, when these nuns w...

Teachers, administrators, and parents all want one thing: to ensure our students are safe, happy, and successful. We want this so badly that we often do ever...

The Jewish calendar can be funny sometimes. During the month of Tishrei (which almost exactly lined up with October this year), we had the holidays of Rosh H...

When we talk about our reasons for starting Einstein Academy, we always, inevitably, discuss our own school experiences and how they’ve served as the backdro...

Monday, September 23 marked the first day of fall. While we in Colorado may still be experiencing summer-like temperatures in the middle of the day, those da...

Think about the feeling you had the first time you held your child...or when you summited that fourteener...or when you took a bite of a perfect pizza or sco...

We love back to school pictures that flood social media around this time of year. We love seeing the creative signs kids are holding and how they’ve grown fr...

School has started, and we can begin to feel a shift in the weather (some days)...which can mean only one thing: the Jewish holiday season is upon us. Before...

Now that the school year has begun, parents everywhere are grappling with the same question: “How do I get my kids talking about their days after I pick them...

My favorite Biblical character (we all have one, don’t we?) is King David. He is an incredibly human character, known just as well for his many mistakes (sle...

With the new school year right around the corner for some and already here for others, how can you work to ensure this is a wonderful year for your family? W...

Choosing the right school for your child can be complicated, especially as Denver grows, and there are more and more options (public, private, charter, innov...

The concept of the “summer slide” (the idea that students fall back in their learning and lose skills over the summer when they are not engaged in school) is...

When asked to describe Einstein Academy, we often start by telling people that it is a model of progressive education, but what does that term mean? What, ex...

In a study led by Rick Weissbourd through the Harvard Graduate School of Education through the Making Caring Common Project, students were asked to rank what...

When determining the name for our school, we wanted a name that would tell you a little about what we do and who we are. We wanted a name that spoke to our v...