First language wires brain for later language-learning

The McGill Reporter - McGill Reporter Staff "You may believe [...]

December 6th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Bilingual, Brain, Brain development, Brain development and Language, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Learning, News, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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The Brains Of Hyperpolyglots, People Who Speak 6 Or More Languages, Function Differently Than Ours

Medical Daily - Dana Dovey "Language is our human birthright. [...]

December 6th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Bilingual, Brain development, Brain development and Language, Child Development, 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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Practice makes perfect: why mock exams are great for students’ brains

The Guardian - Bradley Busch "Many things happen in the [...]

December 6th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Brain, Brain development, Britain, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, England, Great Britain (UK), Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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When will we let our kids be kids again?

News Herald - Juliann Talkington With the 24 hours news [...]

December 3rd, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Behavior, Brain development, Child Development, Children, Education, Juliann Talkington, Learning, News, Outdoors, Overparenting, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, Playing, Students, Talkington, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, School|

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Rise of the multilingual boss creates a ‘monoglot ceiling’

The Swiss Info - Andrew Hill "When Isabelle Allen joined [...]

December 3rd, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Bilingual, Brain development, Brain development and Language, Career, Career & Technical Training, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Foreign Language, Jobs, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|

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I gave my students iPads — then wished I could take them back

The Washington Post - Launa Hall "Teachers striving to preserve [...]

December 2nd, 2015|Categories: Academic Performance, Active Learning, Behavior, Brain development, Child Development, Children, Classroom, Computer, Digital Learning, Education, K-12, Learning, Performance, School, screen time, Smartphones, Social Skills, Students, Teacher, Teaching, United States|Tags: Education, School|

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Don’t forget, the science of memory is key to helping students learn

The Guardian - Catharine Young "Since the dawn of time, [...]

December 1st, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Brain, Brain development, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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The ‘Word Gap’ Takes Root In Infancy; So Too Should Our Efforts to Close It

The Huffington Post - Sandra Waxman "China is not the [...]

December 1st, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Brain development, Brain development and Language, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Language, Learning, News, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, Teacher, United States (U.S.), Vocabulary, Word Gap|Tags: Education, schools|

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‘Not a Math Person’: How to Remove Obstacles to Learning Math

KQED News Mind/Shift - Katrina Schwartz "Stanford math education professor [...]

November 30th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Brain, Brain development, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Using Creativity to Boost Young Children’s Mathematical Thinking

KQED News Mind/Shift - Deborah Farmer Kris "The students in [...]

November 28th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Brain, Brain development, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Current Events, Education, Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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