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Children’s backpacks have seen their first few agonizing days of school, sagging with unanticipated weight; their lunch boxes are already stained and gooey (way to go, mom!); and their white shoes have become lunch-bag brown.
Rhian Allvin, Executive Director of the National Association for the Education of Young Children, explains how YOU can raise your voice to support the early ...
Depression can cause cognitive problems (for example, thinking through a solution to a problem). Antidepressants may not help much with these symptoms.
Even after high school or college, Americans keep on learning. While online tools make this easier than ever, a new study finds the vast majority of adults prefer taking classes in physical places.
When teachers want to try something new in the classroom, it helps if they can see what it looks like in action. They could ask another teacher down the hall. Or they might try to talk to other teachers on social media, perhaps in an education technology Twitter chat. But too often, these aspiring innovators …
Teachers are expanding the school day and enhancing learning through social media.
It took a life-threatening condition to jolt chemistry teacher Ramsey Musallam out of ten years of "pseudo-teaching" to understand the true role of the educator: to cultivate curiosity. In a fun and personal talk, Musallam gives 3 rules to spark imagination and learning, and get students excited about how the world works.
To help these kids make the kinds of gains they need to master the Common Core, students must learn to receive feedback and also how to use it to improve.
The good news in education is that attention is finally turning to the psychic and emotional qualities that children bring to the classroom.
Learning how to think about thinking can help students develop strategies for solving problems and understand tasks at hand.
If you are familiar with the technology or educational sectors, you have undoubtedly heard that STEM, which is educational focus in science, tech, engineering and math, is being changed to STEAM, to include the arts. This is an initiative that is being accepted on an increasing scale by institutions, corporations, and education and tech professionals,and we here at Vidcode are totally on board<br>STEAM learning is…
Rich opportunities for deeper learning reside in the interactions between adults and students about behavior and life choices.
Research shows that students, especially boys, benefit when teachers share their race or gender. Yet most teachers are white women.
Homework has been a controversial issue for a long time. Some teachers use it to extend learning while others seem to use it to promote compliance. How do you use homework?
By Sarah Cornelius - Take a look at these five simple tips to engage your child in STEM learning outside of the classroom.
These ECPI University students take their learning beyond the textbook with hands-on lessons to teach them real applications of what they're studying.
Learning begins with attention, but attention is not always easy to come by, especially in large university classes. Instructors deserve
Many in the ed-tech sector believe algorithms are key to customizing education, but the most compelling examples of personalized learning are driven by teacher-student relationships.
A multiyear endeavor organized by the Aspen Institute seeks to help schools better teach social and emotional skills alongside traditional academic subjects.