School finds measurable ways to help students achieve success

The Las Vegas Sun - J. Patrick Coolican "Part of [...]

March 14th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Children, Creativity, Curriculum, Education, Elementary School, Learning, Literacy, Nevada, Reading|Tags: Education, schools|

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Nonfiction Curriculum Enhanced Reading Skills, Study Finds

The New York Times - Anna M. Phillips "Children in [...]

March 13th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Children, Curriculum, Education, Elementary School, Literacy, New York, Reading|Tags: Education, schools|

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Roddy Doyle: the joy of teaching children to write

The Guardian - Elizabeth Day "This is Fighting Words, a [...]

March 12th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Children, Curriculum, Early Education, Education, Elementary School, English, Great Britain (UK), Ireland, Literacy, Low Income, Reading, Writing|Tags: Education, schools|

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Schools Get Tough With Third-Graders: Read Or Flunk

NPR - Tovia Smith "There's little dispute among educators that [...]

March 11th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Children, Curriculum, Early Education, Education, Elementary School, Literacy, Reading|Tags: Education, schools|

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Mile High United Way funds literacy programs to serve 24,000 more kids under age 8 Read more: Mile High United Way funds literacy programs to serve 24,000 more kids under age 8

The Denver Post - Yesenia Robles "Eleven programs across Colorado [...]

March 5th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Children, Colorado, Early Education, Education, Elementary School, Government, Grants, Learning, Literacy, Reading, Spelling|Tags: Education, schools|

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Qatar students get set for World Science Day

The Gulf Times - Peter Townson "As the World Education [...]

March 5th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Children, Creativity, Current Events, Digital Learning, Early Education, Education, Elementary School, Innovation, Internet, Learning, Literacy, Math, Middle East, Qatar, Science, Secondary School, Spelling, Technology|Tags: schools|

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Voucher students improve on reading, study finds

The Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel - Erin Richards "A sample of [...]

February 28th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Children, Current Events, Curriculum, Early Education, Education, Elementary School, Learning, Literacy, Reading, School Choice, Secondary School, Vouchers, Wisconsin|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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Early vocab tests weed out late starters

The Sydney Morning Herald - Staff Writer "SIMPLE vocabulary tests [...]

February 26th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Australia, Behavior, Brain, Children, Early Education, Education, Learning, Literacy, Parenting, Research, Testing|Tags: Education, schools|

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