Are there real benefits to being bilingual?

Medical Xpress - Melissa Beattie-Moss "There's an old joke that [...]

June 14th, 2015|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 and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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How Growing Up in Poverty Rewires a Child’s Developing Brain

Good - Kayt Sukel "Decades of scientific research have suggested [...]

June 12th, 2015|Categories: Brain, Brain development, Brain development and Language, Learning, Low Income, Poverty, Reading|Tags: Education, School|

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Raising a ready workforce: The missing curriculum component

SmartBlog on Education - Jo Kirchner "The goal of every [...]

June 11th, 2015|Categories: Brain development, Education, Emotional Literacy, Employment, School, Skills, Social & Emotional Learning (SEL), Soft skills, Workforce|Tags: Education, School|

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Probing Question: Are there real benefits to being bilingual?

Penn State News - Melissa Beattie-Moss "Does the U.S. deserve [...]

June 11th, 2015|Categories: Bilingual, Brain, Brain development, Brain development and Language, Dual-language, Foreign Language, Language Immersion, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, School|

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Extra Love Doesn’t Make Up For Negative Effects Of Helicopter Parenting, Study Finds

The Huffington Post - Carolyn Gregoire "Parents want their kids [...]

June 10th, 2015|Categories: Brain development, Child Development, Childhood Education, Executive Function, Parenting, Parents|Tags: Education, School|

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Kids need scraped knees and risky play, study says

Ottawa Citizen - Andrew Seymour "Parents need to take the [...]

June 10th, 2015|Categories: Brain, Brain development, Child Development, Children, Outdoors, Parenting, Parents, Physical Activity, Playing|Tags: Education, School|

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New brain study sheds light on how best to teach reading

The Seattle Times - John Higgins "Neuroscientists have long known [...]

June 6th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Books, Brain, Brain development, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Literacy, News, Reading, Science, Scientific, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Ban phones and tablets before school, parents urged

BBC - Staff Writer "Parents should ban children from using [...]

June 6th, 2015|Categories: Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Brain development, Britain, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, England, Great Britain (UK), Learning, News, Parenting, Parents, School, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Words + Pictures

The Language Magazine - Lina Sun "The recent introduction of [...]

June 4th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Bicultural, Bilingual, biliteracy, Brain development, Brain development and Language, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Learning, Literacy, News, Reading, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Keep kids’ minds active this summer

The La Crosse Tribune - Leanna Landsmann "Teachers love this [...]

June 4th, 2015|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Brain, Brain development, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, summer, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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