Bang to rights

The Economist - Staff Writer "FRED McNEILL, an American-football player, [...]

March 13th, 2016|Categories: Brain, Brain development, Child Development, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Science, Science & Technology, Sports, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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How Adults Can Encourage Kids To Be Original Thinkers

NPR - Elissa Nadworny "When I first read Originals I [...]

March 12th, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Brain development, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Creativity, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Five Things About Teen Sleep You May Not Know

The Huffington Post - Terra Ziporyn Snider, PhD "For parents [...]

March 9th, 2016|Categories: Brain, Brain development, Health, Sleep, Sleep Deprivation, Teens|Tags: Education, School|

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Read Aloud Survey: Many Parents Don’t Heed Critical Advice

Read Aloud 15 minutes - News Release "Despite widespread agreement [...]

March 9th, 2016|Categories: Books, Brain development, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Parenting, Parents, Reading, School, School readiness|Tags: Education, School|

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Fomo, stress and sleeplessness: are smartphones bad for students?

The Guardian - Bradley Busch "As with all technology, mobile [...]

March 8th, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Brain development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Schools and hard knocks

The Economist - Staff Writer "IMAGINE being asked to take [...]

March 5th, 2016|Categories: Accountability, Brain, Brain development, Child Development, Children, Current Events, Education, Health, Healthcare, News, Parent talk, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, Sports, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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How to Turn on the Part of Your Brain That Controls Motivation

KQED News Mind/Shift - Angus Chen "We know we should [...]

March 4th, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Brain, Brain development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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How Do We Learn Languages?

The Brain Blogger - Viatcheslav Wlassoff, PhD "The use of [...]

February 29th, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Bilingual, Brain development, Brain development and Language, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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The Dialogue Surrounding Dyslexia: Five Important Takeaways

KQED News Mind/Shift - Holly Korbey "Last fall, over the [...]

February 27th, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Brain development, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Dyslexia, Education, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|

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Celebrating Chinese Culture All Year

School News Network - Morgan Jarema "Chinese New Year fell [...]

February 25th, 2016|Categories: Brain development, China, Chinese, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Education, Language Immersion, Languages, Mandarin, Second Language|Tags: Education, School|

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