5 Pieces Of Advice For Parents Of High School Freshman

The Huffington Post - Dana Westreich Hirt "That’s the emotional [...]

August 21st, 2016|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, High School, Learning, Middle School, News, Parenting, Parents, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Does music really help you concentrate?

The Guardian - Dean Burnett "Many people listen to music [...]

August 20th, 2016|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Concentration, Current Events, Education, Home School, Learning, Music, News, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, School, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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How noise hinders kids’ language skills

The Week - Anna Vlasits "More than 40 years ago, [...]

August 18th, 2016|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Brain development and Language, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Language, Language Arts, Languages, Learning, News, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Babies’ spatial reasoning predicts later math skills

Medical X-Press - Carol Clark "Spatial reasoning measured in infancy [...]

August 17th, 2016|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Brain development, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Early Education, Education, Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, Parenting, Parents, Spatial learning, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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5 Steps Closer To A More Resilient Teen

The Huffington Post - Daniel Patterson "There’s a picture currently [...]

August 17th, 2016|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Current Events, Education, Grit, High School, Learning, News, Parenting, Parents, Resilience, School, Teacher, Teaching, Teens, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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The Love of Reading: There is Much More Than Literacy at Stake for Young Learners

The Prescott News - John Grimaldi "Getting your kids ready [...]

August 16th, 2016|Categories: Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Books, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Literacy, literature, News, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, Reading, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Preparing kids to go back to school

The San Francisco Examiner - Richard Carranza "Hard to believe [...]

August 15th, 2016|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Back-to-School, California, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, San Francisco, School, School day, School readiness, School start times, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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With Kids’ Empathy on the Decline, Books and Talking Help

Education News - Grace Smith "Parents know what it’s like [...]

August 15th, 2016|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Books, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Emotional Literacy, Emotions, Empathy, Learning, News, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, Reading, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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The Merits of Reading Real Books to Your Children

The New York Times - Perri Klass, M.D. "A new [...]

August 14th, 2016|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Books, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, Reading, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Gail Emms: Don’t just watch the Olympics, have a sporty summer of your own

The Telegraph - Boudicca Fox-Leonard "Gail Emms always thought she [...]

August 14th, 2016|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Britain, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, England, Exercise, Fitness, Great Britain (UK), Learning, News, Parenting, Parents, Sports, summer, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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