Parents can improve their child’s literacy and numeracy skills by influencing the games they play

Medical X-Press - Staff Writer New Macquarie University research shows [...]

November 28th, 2016|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Brain development, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Literacy, Math, Mathematics, News, Numeracy, Parenting, Parents, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Dementia Risk Declines, And Education May Be One Reason Why

NPR - Ina Jaffe "While the prevalence of dementia cases [...]

November 22nd, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Brain, Brain development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Health, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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What Neuroscience Can Tell Us About Making Fractions Stick

KQED News Mind/Shift - Katrina Schwartz "Fractions are a notoriously [...]

November 21st, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Brain development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Musical training creates new brain connections in children

Medical X-Press - Staff Writer "Taking music lessons increases brain [...]

November 21st, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Brain, Brain development, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Music, Music Training, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Traumatic stress changes brains of boys, girls differently

Science Daily - Staff Writer " Traumatic stress affects the [...]

November 15th, 2016|Categories: Boys, Brain, Brain development, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Gender, Girls, News, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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A Wandering Mind Isn’t Just A Distraction. It May Be Your Brain’s Default State.

The Huffington Post - Carolyn Gregorie "Even if you don’t [...]

November 6th, 2016|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Brain development, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Creativity, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Giving Kids The Confidence To Learn Through Play

The Huffington Post - Blake Swensen "I am the father [...]

November 1st, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Brain development, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Creativity, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Parenting, Playing, School, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Smart nutrition to improve your child’s mental performance

The Mid-Week Review - Staff Writer "Our brains are a [...]

October 29th, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Brain, Brain development, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Food, Learning, News, Nutrition, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Video Games Teach Kids To Smoke Tobacco, Drink Alcohol, Study Says

Medical Daily - Elana Glowatz "Popular video games might make [...]

October 28th, 2016|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Behavior, Brain development, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Parenting, Parents, Teacher, United States (U.S.), Video game addiction, Video Games|Tags: Education, schools|

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Bilingual brains activate different networks when reading opaque and transparent languages

Medical X-Press - Staff Writer "Three Spanish researchers have discovered [...]

October 26th, 2016|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Bilingual, Brain development, Brain development and Language, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Languages, Learning, News, Reading, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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