Teachers use storybooks to introduce kindergartners to math, reading, art and science

Oregon Live - Laura Frazier "In the classroom, storybooks are [...]

October 31st, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Books, Brain, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, Reading, Science, Science & Technology, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Parents feel ‘unequipped’ to help children with maths

The Telegraph - Josie Gurney-Read " Speaking to the Telegraph, [...]

October 27th, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Britain, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, England, Great Britain (UK), Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Everything About The Way We Teach Math Is Wrong

Business Insider - Andy Kiersz "Mathematics is one of humanity's [...]

October 25th, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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How Sports Can Help Your Kids Outsmart Everyone Else

Time - Jon Wertheim and Tobias Moskowitz "The playing field [...]

October 19th, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Athletics, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, Sports, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Report showing slide in science and maths subjects ‘disturbing’ | poll

The Herald - Nicky Phillips "GOVERNMENTS, industry and the education [...]

October 14th, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Australia, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, Science, Science & Technology, Scientific, Teacher|Tags: Education, schools|

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Not just for future scientists: STEM education spurs creativity, teamwork and problem solving

The Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal-Sentinel- Staff Writer "(BPT) - There’s no [...]

October 13th, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, Science, Science & Technology, Scientific, STEM, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Common Core math is not fuzzy: Column

USA Today - Solomon Friedberg "Common Core math is getting [...]

October 9th, 2014|Categories: Common Core Standards, Education, Math, Mathematics, Reform, Standards|Tags: Education, School|

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Learn a language to make your brain work faster

Health & Wellbeing - KIMBERLY GILLAN "Learning a second language [...]

October 8th, 2014|Categories: Bilingual, Brain, Executive Function, Language, Math, Mathematics, Second Language|Tags: Education, School|

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Teaching Math to People Who Think They Hate It

The Atlantic - Jessica Haley "Twelve years of compulsory education [...]

October 7th, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Fostering an Early Love of STEM Through The Power of Storytelling

The Huffington Post - Jeremy Scheinberg and Chris Harden "It's [...]

October 7th, 2014|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Books, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Early Education, Education, Learning, Literacy, Math, Mathematics, News, Reading, School, STEM, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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