Ind. senator renews effort to return cursive to school

USA Today - Scott Elliott "That's what prompted state Sen. [...]

January 9th, 2013|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Culture, Current Events, Curriculum, Cursive, Education, Handwriting, Indiana, Indianapolis, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Healthy School Lunch: America’s Obsession With School Meals

The Huffington Post - Jackie Mader "Despite disdain from kids, [...]

January 9th, 2013|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Behavior, Child Development, Childhood Education, Childhood Obesity, Children, Critical Thinking, Culture, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, Health, Learning, Low Income, Low Performing, Mississippi, News, Nutrition, Obama, Poverty, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Confusing Teachers With Teaching: Looking for the Magic Bullet

The Huffington Post - Roberta Michnick Golinkoff and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek [...]

January 9th, 2013|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Behavior, Children, Critical Thinking, Culture, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Evaluations, Teacher Retention, Teacher Training, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Website Offers Parents Tips on How to Develop Literacy

Education News - Julia Lawrence "At a time when job [...]

January 9th, 2013|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Behavior, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Computer, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Culture, Current Events, Education, Elementary School, Family, Learning, Literacy, News, Parenting, Reading, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Second phase of L.A. arts fundraising plan begins

The L.A. Times - Dalina Castellanos "'Art Matters' campaign has [...]

January 9th, 2013|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Arts, Budget, California, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Culture, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, Fundraising, Learning, Los Angeles, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Meeting the needs of special children

China Daily - Cesar Chelala "Disabilities in children also often [...]

January 9th, 2013|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Behavior, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, China, Culture, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, Learning, News, Special needs, Teacher, Uncategorized|Tags: Education, schools|

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Results flatline for top students

The Sydney Morning Herald - Jewel Topsfield "A MAJOR Victorian [...]

January 9th, 2013|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Australia, Behavior, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Critical Thinking, Culture, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, Government, Learning, Low Performing, News, Teacher|Tags: Education, schools|

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Language Education We Can Use

Education Week - David Young and J.B. Buxton " International [...]

January 8th, 2013|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Culture, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, Foreign, Foreign Language, Language Immersion, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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How to talk to your children about their gaming habits

Polygon - Brian Crecente "Excessive TV watching, along with prolonged [...]

January 8th, 2013|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Behavior, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Critical Thinking, Culture, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Parenting, Playing, Social Media, Teacher, Television, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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TV AND KIDS’ HEALTH: WHY PARENTS SHOULD MONITOR ‘SCREEN TIME’

The Source - Laura Jerpi "Excessive TV watching, along with [...]

January 8th, 2013|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Behavior, Child Development, Childhood Education, Childhood Obesity, Children, Computer, Critical Thinking, Culture, Current Events, Education, Exercise, Health, Internet, Learning, News, Parenting, Teacher, Television, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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