Learning is boring! Really?

News Herald - Juliann Talkington Recently a teacher told me [...]

February 29th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Behavior, Career, Children, College/University, Curriculum, Education, Jobs, Learning, Talkington, Teacher|Tags: Education, School|

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The Art of Food

The New York Times - Hiten Samtani "But healthy food [...]

February 28th, 2012|Categories: Behavior, Childhood Obesity, Children, Current Events, Early Education, Education, Elementary School, Family, Health, New York, Nutrition|Tags: Education, schools|

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Parents the biggest influence on the choice to pursue post-secondary education

The Star - Alex Derry "According to two recent studies [...]

February 28th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Attendance, Behavior, Canada, Children, College/University, Current Events, Education, Family, Low Income, Parenting|Tags: Education, schools|

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Schoolchildren should study the arts until age 16, says report

The Guardian - Staff Writer "Ministers should consider making pupils [...]

February 28th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Arts, Behavior, Creativity, Current Events, Early Education, Education, Elementary School, England, Government, Great Britain (UK), High School, Learning, Middle School, Secondary School, United Kingdom|Tags: Education, schools|

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Why Teaching Kids Self-Regulation Skills Is Essential

The Huffington Post - Yalda T. Uhls "In order to [...]

February 28th, 2012|Categories: Accountability, Achievement Gap, Behavior, Children, Computer, Creativity, Current Events, Digital Learning, Early Education, Education, Elementary School, Internet, Learning, Parenting, Secondary School, Technology|Tags: Education, schools|

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Odd Pairings on Teacher Evaluation in ESEA Fight

Education Week - Alyson Klein "The always contentious subject of [...]

February 27th, 2012|Categories: Accountability, Behavior, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, Elementary School, Government, Politics, Secondary School|Tags: Education, schools|

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Boys now reading as well as girls, study suggests

BBC News - Hannah Richardson "Boys appear to have caught [...]

February 27th, 2012|Categories: Accountability, Achievement Gap, Behavior, Creativity, Current Events, Early Education, Education, England, Gender, Great Britain (UK), Learning, Literacy, Parenting, Reading, Research, United Kingdom|Tags: Education, schools|

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Banned books help hook boys on reading

Parents Central - Elizabeth Warkentin "But if you’re trying to [...]

February 27th, 2012|Categories: Accountability, Achievement Gap, Behavior, Creativity, Education, Gender, Learning, Literacy, Parenting, Reading|Tags: Education, schools|

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Harsh parents spawns angry generation

The Courier Mail - Laura Clark "PARENTS who fail to [...]

February 27th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Australia, Behavior, Early Education, Education, Family, Parenting, Research|Tags: Education, schools|

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More teachers ‘quitting the classroom over indiscipline’

The Daily Telegraph - Graeme Paton "Figures show almost 9,000 [...]

February 26th, 2012|Categories: Accountability, Behavior, Children, Current Events, Curriculum, Discipline, Education, Elementary School, England, Great Britain (UK), High School, Learning, Performance, Teacher, United Kingdom|Tags: Education, schools|

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