Mindfulness classes to ‘help teenagers’ mental fitness’

BBC - Smitha Mundasad "Thousands of teenagers across the UK [...]

July 18th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Behavior, Brain, Brain development, Britain, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, England, Great Britain (UK), Grit, Learning, Mindfulness, School, School District, Teacher|Tags: Education, schools|

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How does adolescence offer a second chance to vulnerable teenagers?

UNICEF Connect - Benjamin Perks "Over the past twenty years, [...]

July 17th, 2015|Categories: Brain, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Curiosity, Executive Function, Motivation, Neuroscience, Non-Cognitive Skills, Perseverance, Self-discipline, Teens|Tags: Education, School|

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Speaking more than one language makes you smarter

Boston Newstime - Staff Writer "People who speak two or [...]

July 16th, 2015|Categories: attention span, Bilingual, Brain, Brain development, Brain development and Language, Executive Function, Language|Tags: Education, School|

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Are Fit Kids Smarter?

Everyday Health - Marie Suszynski "An hour on the soccer [...]

July 16th, 2015|Categories: Academic Performance, Brain, Brain development, Brain development and Language, Child Development, Children, Exercise, Fitness, Language, language and academic achievement|Tags: Education, School|

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Why Bilingual Kids Have an Edge Over the Rest of Us

National Journal - CAROLINA GONZÁLEZ "We already know that being [...]

July 16th, 2015|Categories: Bilingual, Brain, Brain development, Brain development and Language, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Executive Function, Spanish|Tags: Education, School|

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Congress: Bilingualism Is Not a Handicap

Education Week - Claude Goldenberg "A federal appeals court decision [...]

July 15th, 2015|Categories: Bilingual, biliteracy, Brain, Chinese, Cognitive Development, Education, Foreign Language, Global Economy, Government, Language Immersion, Multilingual, No Child Left Behind, Second Language, Spanish|Tags: Education, School|

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It Could Be Possible To Predict Which Kids Will Struggle With Reading, Says Study

The Huffington Post - Lauran Neergaard "New research suggests it [...]

July 15th, 2015|Categories: Brain, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Learning, Literacy, Preschool, Reading|Tags: Education, School|

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Can neuroscience solve the mystery of how students learn?

The Guardian - Ben Martynoga "No one knows how much [...]

July 12th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Brain, Brain development, Child Development, Children, Current Events, England, Great Britain (UK), Learning, Parenting, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Is Your Brain Really a Computer, or Is It a Quantum Orchestra?

The Huffington Post - Stuart Hameroff "How does the brain [...]

July 12th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Achievement Gap, Brain, Brain development, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Learning, News, Teacher, Uncategorized, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Prevent summer brain drain with these ‘exercises’

Philly.com - Sarah Levin Allen, Ph.D., CBIS "Summer brain drain [...]

July 10th, 2015|Categories: Brain, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Exercise, Health, Learning, summer, Summer slide|Tags: Education, School|

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