VIVA SARAH PRESS

When I was interviewed for the Childhood Elsewhere documentary by journalist Zhou Yijun about education in Israel, I was filmed as my...

For just over one year, I have spent a few hours a week as an educational clown in schools around Israel. It doesn’t matter at which...

Killer clowns are way more popular than their therapeutic counterparts. Although that shouldn’t be surprising. It’s been shown that...

Two years ago, I crossed the lines of writing about the arts -- which I’ve done for over 20 years as a journalist -- to being in the...

Twice a week, I work as an educational clown. The rest of the week, I work as an innovation journalist and give talks on the culture of...

For the past five years, I’ve focused my public speaking on the innovation stories I’ve covered as a journalist. I love speaking to...

As an educational clown, adding humor to the school day impacts the openness to learning. Sometimes, being silly and offering another...

Back-to-school season is underway. For teachers that means lesson plans, learning students’ names, teaching strategies, classroom...

Niv Morgenstern, an educational entrepreneur who is on a mission to creating a relevant learning experience in the 21st century, runs a...

Inevitably, at least once a day at school, Oshi is called a killer clown. Of course, take one look at Oshi – an educational therapeutic...

Google’s new report on what makes the perfect manager will get everyone who has had a great boss – or a terrible one – nodding or shaking...

1. Therapeutic clowns work in schools at all levels – high school, middle school, elementary school. 2. Therapeutic clowns work with...

Educational clowning is still making its mark in Israel. Of the thousands of schools in the country today, 11 have taken part in piloting...

It was bound to happen. My journalist, public speaker and educational clown personalities were all vying for space on this blog. My work...

Learning from failures is important. Being able to fail, to really embrace a failure, is even more significant if the experience is to be...

The Passover holiday break ended... so, Oshi, went back to school for educational clowning. First day back after so much family time also...

“You’re so lucky. You get to do what you love,” a mother from my son’s class recently told me. We were sitting on beach chairs, finishing...

“I don’t want to talk to you,” a sixth grader recently told me. “Good. Cuz I don’t want to talk to you either,” I replied. “I only want...