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How Business Leaders Can Engage Young People and Help Them Rise Above Their Circumstances

The Huffington Post - Sam Kirk "Is America's current educational [...]

May 11th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Business, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Low Income, Low Performing, Poverty, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

The Bad News (Poverty) and Good News (Education) About Millennial Parents

The Wall Street Journal - Josh Zumbrun "Much has been [...]

May 3rd, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, Poverty, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

Nobel Prize-winning economist: Preschool works, but poorest kids benefit most

The Seattle Times - Leah Todd "A Nobel Prize-winning economist [...]

April 25th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Early Education, Learning, Low Income, Low Performing, Parenting, Poverty, Preschool|Tags: Education, schools|

Poorer children ‘have smaller brains’, researchers say

BBC - Staff Writer "Children with richer parents have bigger [...]

March 31st, 2015|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Brain, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, England, Great Britain (UK), Learning, Low Income, Low Performing, News, Poverty, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

Poverty can change kids’ brain chemistry, but educators in Spokane learned how to counteract it

The Seattle Times - Claudia Rowe "As research mounts underscoring [...]

March 24th, 2015|Categories: Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Brain, Child Development, Childhood Education, Early Education, Learning, Low Income, Low Performing, Parenting, Parents, Poverty, Teacher, United States (U.S.), Washington|Tags: Education, schools|

NSF Fellow Pairs Art, Astronomy to Hook Girls on Science

Education Week - Sarah D. Sparks "Aomawa Shields spends her [...]

March 18th, 2015|Categories: Arts, Astronomy, Girls, Minority, Poverty, Science, STEM|Tags: Education, School|

Bright pupils more likely to fall behind if from poor background, study finds

The Guardian - Sally Weale "Bright students from disadvantaged backgrounds [...]

March 17th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Britain, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Education, England, Great Britain (UK), Learning, Low Income, Low Performing, Poverty, Teacher|Tags: Education, schools|

The Numbers Add Up To This: Less And Less Opportunity For Poor Kids

NPR - Marilyn Geewax "In this country, all children are [...]

March 14th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Early Education, Education, Learning, Low Income, Low Performing, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, Poverty, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

10 Awesome Book Charities That Help Kids All Over The World

The Huffington Post - Caroline Bologna "A 2013 National Assessment [...]

March 12th, 2015|Categories: Books, Childhood Education, Children, Literacy, NAEP, Poverty, Reading|Tags: Education, School|

Music Makes You a Better Reader, Says Neuroscience

GOOD - Kayt Sukel "It’s known as the “musician’s advantage.” [...]

February 26th, 2015|Categories: Brain, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Low Income, Music, Poverty|Tags: Education, School|

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