The Missing Piece: Discovering the Joy in Parent-Child Reading

The Huffington Post - Roberta Michnick Golinkoff and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek [...]

October 12th, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Active Learning, 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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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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Wright: Literacy is key to good education

The Clarion-Ledger - Carey White "Being a good reader is [...]

October 6th, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Books, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Family, Learning, Literacy, Mississippi, News, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, Reading, School, School District, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Reading Is About More Than ‘Evidence’

Education Week - Mia Hood "If we want to prepare [...]

October 1st, 2014|Categories: Books, Common Core Standards, Critical Thinking, Education, 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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International Literacy Day 2014: The State of Girls’ Education Today

The Huffington Post - Vanessa Thevathasan "As we mark International [...]

September 9th, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Books, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Gender, Girls, Learning, Literacy, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|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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