California students show gains in English, math on state tests

The Los Angeles Times - Howard Blume "Statewide, 57% of [...]

September 1st, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, California, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, English, Learning, Los Angeles, Math, Mathematics, News, Teacher, Testing, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Playschool teaching methodologies

Hindustan Times - Staff Writer "Extensive research and the resulting [...]

August 30th, 2012|Categories: Brain, Creativity, Curriculum, Early Education, Research|Tags: Education, School|

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Move over, Dalton

The Huffington Post - Noel Harmon "Equipping pupils to prosper [...]

August 30th, 2012|Categories: Bilingual, Curriculum, Foreign Language, Kindergarten, Language Immersion, Mandarin, Spanish|Tags: Education, School|

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Learning a Second Language can Improve a Child’s Memory Read

Counsel & Heal - S.C. Stringfellow "Engel de Abreu notes, [...]

August 28th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Bilingual, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, Foreign Language, Language Immersion, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Duncan Discusses Education Policy Successes, Failures

Education Week - Julia Lawrence "US Secretary of Education Arne [...]

August 28th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, Learning, Maryland, News, Obama, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Triumph of a tough writing teacher

The Washington Post - Jay Mathews "Knowing his audience, he [...]

August 28th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Children, Culture, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, English, Learning, News, Teacher, Teaching, United States (U.S.), Writing|Tags: Education, schools|

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It’s back to school for students in D.C.

The Washington Post - Emma Brown "The city’s challenge is [...]

August 28th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.), Washington, D.C.|Tags: Education, schools|

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Kids Learning Language

The National Journal - Fawn Johnson "The truth is that [...]

August 28th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Curriculum, Early Education, Education, English, Foreign Language, Language Immersion, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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America’s Foreign Language Deficit

Forbes - David Skorton and Glenn Altschuler "More and more [...]

August 27th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Achievement Gap, Children, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, Foreign, Foreign Language, Language Immersion, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Back-to-school basics for working parents

The Miami Herald - Cindy Krishcher Goodman "Clearly, most of [...]

August 27th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Behavior, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Culture, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, Florida, Homework, Learning, News, Parenting, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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