Three states take lead on Common Core, but are they moving too fast?

The Christian Science Monitor - Stacy Teicher Khadaroo "New Jersey, [...]

October 11th, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Common Core Standards, Current Events, Education, Learning, Maryland, New Jersey, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.), Washington|Tags: Education, schools|

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UW research on brain activity delivers lessons on how kids learn

The Seattle Times - John Higgins "Scientists at the UW [...]

September 22nd, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Brain, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.), Washington|Tags: Education, schools|

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Guest: What early research can teach us about the merits of pre-K

The Seattle Times - Dale C. Farran "As cities like [...]

September 21st, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Early Education, Education, Learning, News, Preschool, Teacher, United States (U.S.), Washington|Tags: Education, schools|

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Washington’s Supreme Court holds state in contempt over education

Reuters - Victoria Cavaliere "Washington state's Supreme Court on Thursday [...]

September 12th, 2014|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.), Washington|Tags: Education, schools|

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Massachusetts has better schools than us? Maybe not.

The Washington Post - Jay Mathews "But in one important [...]

September 1st, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Advanced Placement, Boston, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Massachusetts, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.), Washington, Washington, D.C.|Tags: Education, schools|

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Start early with STEM education

The Olympian - Michael Cade "As an economic development professional, [...]

August 18th, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Career, Career & Technical Training, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, STEM, Teacher, United States (U.S.), Washington|Tags: Education, schools|

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Study: Babies’ brains practice language use

The Yakima Herald - Meeri Kim "Researchers at the University [...]

July 20th, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Bilingual, Brain, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign, Foreign Language, Language, Language Immersion, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.), Washington|Tags: Education, schools|

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Math concepts + teamwork = big gains at struggling Renton school

The Seattle Times - Linda Shaw "Math achievement is rising [...]

July 15th, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.), Washington|Tags: Education, schools|

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Kindergarten catch-up program yields results in Lake Washington

The Seattle Times - Linda Shaw "Two years ago, the [...]

July 13th, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Kindergarten, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.), Washington|Tags: Education, schools|

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Is preschool effective? Some good signs for incoming class of 2028

The Seattle Times - Linda Shaw "For the 9,800 children [...]

July 8th, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Early Education, Education, Learning, News, Preschool, School, School District, Teacher, United States (U.S.), Washington|Tags: Education, schools|

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