Why Millions Of Kids Can’t Read, And What Better Teaching Can Do About It

NPR - Emily Hanford "Harper attended a professional-development day at [...]

January 7th, 2019|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Books, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Literacy, literature, News, Reading, School, Students, Teacher, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: schools|

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How Harry Potter Has Brought Magic To Classrooms For More Than 20 Years

KQED News Mind/Shift - Wynn Davis "Whether you're a Gryffindor, [...]

January 2nd, 2019|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Classroom, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Reading, School, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Intellectual curiosity and confidence help children take on math and reading

Medical X-Press - Staff Writer "Children's personalities may influence how [...]

December 20th, 2018|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Curiosity, Current Events, Education, Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, Reading, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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There’s a reason your child wants to read the same book over and over again

The Conversation - Jane Herbert and Elisabeth Duursma "We often [...]

December 10th, 2018|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Books, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Literacy, literature, News, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, Reading, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Make Holiday Time Read-Aloud Time!

Education World - Staff Writer "The December school break is [...]

December 9th, 2018|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Books, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Literacy, literature, News, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, Reading, School, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Giving the Gift of Literacy

Edutopia - Darby Evans "During the holiday season and when [...]

December 9th, 2018|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Books, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Literacy, News, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, Reading, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Simple but true: Reading, talking to kids has dramatic impact

Hometown Life - Steve M. Matthews "What can parents do [...]

December 7th, 2018|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Books, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Literacy, News, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, Reading, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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When doctors say ‘Read,’ new parents listen

The Hechinger Report - Lillian Mongeau "The evaluation of the [...]

December 1st, 2018|Categories: Accountability, Brain development, Brain development and Language, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Parent talk, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, Reading, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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3 reasons why the reading gap is still alarmingly wide

E-School News - Laura Ascione "Reading ability is a big [...]

November 30th, 2018|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Books, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Literacy, literature, News, Reading, Reading Difficulties, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Decoding Versus Cognitive Ability

Language Magazine - Terrie L. Noland "Automaticity is necessary in [...]

November 29th, 2018|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Brain development, Brain development and Language, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Cognitive Development, Current Events, Education, Learning, Literacy, News, Reading, Reading Difficulties, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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