Helping Your Child Succeed: Bedtime stories help boost children’s brain development

Marianas Variety - Elizabeth Hamilton "Parents have long known that [...]

October 1st, 2014|Categories: Brain, Child Development, Parenting, Parents, Reading|Tags: Education, School|

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Arm-twist parents into school story-time, says Rosen

BBC - Hannah Richardson "Children's author Michael Rosen has urged [...]

September 28th, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Books, Britain, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, England, Great Britain (UK), Learning, Literacy, News, Reading, Teacher|Tags: Education, schools|

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John Kitzhaber to begin big push for parents to tell stories to little kids

Oregon Live - Betsy Hammond "Kitzhaber and Umqua Bank executive [...]

September 27th, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Books, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Family, Learning, Literacy, News, Oregon, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, Reading, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Rise in children passing literacy benchmarks as phonics method pays off

The Guardian - Richard Adams "Government’s phonics check sees 5% [...]

September 27th, 2014|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Books, Britain, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, England, Great Britain (UK), Learning, Literacy, News, Reading, Teacher|Tags: Education, schools|

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Don’t overlook your school librarian, they’re the unsung heroes of literacy

The Guardian - Sally Dring "When talking about teaching and [...]

September 20th, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Books, Britain, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, England, Great Britain (UK), Learning, Libraries, Literacy, News, Reading, Teacher|Tags: Education, schools|

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Literacy program helps children read at grade level

The Miami Herald - Alexi C. Cardona "Two plastic crates [...]

September 13th, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Florida, Learning, Literacy, Miami, News, Reading, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Poor reading ‘could cost UK £32bn in growth by 2025’

The Guardian - Patrick Wintour "The fear that 1.5 million [...]

September 8th, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Performance, Accountability, Britain, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Economy, Education, England, Great Britain (UK), Learning, Literacy, News, Reading, Teacher|Tags: Education, schools|

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Study: Two Years of Music Education Improves Reading, Speech

Education News - Grace Smith "Researchers at Northwestern University in [...]

September 6th, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Books, Brain, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Literacy, Music, News, Reading, Speech, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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How to be good at going to school: Mallick

The Star - Heather Mallick "Read everything you’re given, and [...]

September 1st, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Canada, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Reading, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Readers absorb less on Kindles than on paper, study finds

The Guardian - Alison Flood "A new study which found [...]

August 21st, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Books, Britain, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Great Britain (UK), Learning, Literacy, News, Reading, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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