Three health tips for heading back to school
Shopping for school supplies is often a regular ritual for many students. But parents also need to make sure that their children are healthy before the first school bell rings.
Heavy electronic media use in late childhood linked to lower academic performance
A new study of 8- to 11-year olds reveals an association between heavy television use and poorer reading performance, as well as between heavy computer use and poorer numeracy--the ability to work with numbers.
Why children should be watching TV with the subtitles on
Turning on the subtitles can have a range of benefits for children's reading and language learning.
Back To School At Home: How To Create Space For Learning
Remote learning presents a new challenge for many parents: finding room and creating an environment conducive to in-house learning, often while they are working from home themselves.
The Back To School Crisis And What We Must Do About It: Part Two
Parents feel whipsawed by fluctuating and contradictory information about their children’s school and health. They hear vastly different information from national, state and local sources about children, COVID and how schools will approach the coming months.
Parents get advice for first-day nerves at school
Parents get advice for kids' first-day nerves at school
5 strategies to give students an edge, even in pandemic
Motivating students can be a challenge even in the most structured, unimpeded learning environments. But in this one, with COVID-19 upsetting the balance of normal instruction, it can be far more complex.
Q&A: How parents can identify anxiety warning signs as students return to school
How parents can identify anxiety warning signs as students return to school
Why Higher Education Needs To Think Customer Service To Ensure Student Success
Higher education institutions must rethink the way they communicate, and provide the same level of top-notch customer service that parents and students expect from a host of other industries.
OPINION: Why policymakers and school leaders can’t ignore how the pandemic hurts childhood brain development
Why policymakers and school leaders can’t ignore how the pandemic hurts childhood brain development