The essential ingredient our education system needs to succeed

Parents across Australia will debate the best school for their children, based on a school's academic results. But what if the best indicator of a successful school was less tangible than test results from maths and literacy? Dr Lorea Martinez Perez is a faculty member at Columbia University's Teacher's College and the author of Teaching With the Heart in MindLorea explains how emotional intelligence underpins our child's ability to learn and evolve, and how parents and teachers can nourish those skills.. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.