Generic image | THINKSTOCK By Jenée Desmond-Harris | Originally Published at The Root. February 26 2014 1:00 AMRace Manners: My white preschooler thinks she should do what “kids that are the same color” do at lunch. Help! “My 3-year-old daughter attends preschool at a public charter in [...]
There are scars of all sorts. Each leaves a mark, but some are seen more readily. There are the less visible scars stress leaves behind. Fear of a test or failure hurts. But neither is said to cause, or indeed, to teach further aggression. Nonetheless, the "spare [...]
Will there is a will there is a way and some school districts have each. The question is do we have the will to educate our children or do we prefer to punish them for being eager children? Might we ask ourselves do we want a disciplined [...]
A recent study adds to the mounting pile of evidence that a child's early years are critical for determining later academic success. Poor kids are falling far behind. AP Images/Lynn Hermosa By Monica Potts | Originally Published at The American Prospect. February 12, 2014 Most Americans think [...]
Photograph; Angel Nevins, center, and her friend and classmate Jade Smith, left, wait for their signal to ring their hand bells as children from the Anderson Grove Head Start program in Caledonia, Mississippi, ring their hand bells to accompany several patriotic songs, Tuesday, February 26, 2013, at [...]
By Peter Gray | Originally Published at Independent Voices. January 2, 2014 Because students spend nearly all of their time studying, they have little opportunity to be creative or discover their own passions I’m a research bio-psychologist with a PhD, so I’ve done lots of school. [...]
There are teachers, who never were. And lessons yet to be. There are those we refuse to see and perhaps, the memory of these lingers. In 2013, there was one – the person, the personification, and her position. Antoinette Tuff was the mentor who never was and [...]
Introductory Essay By Betsy L. Angert | Originally Published at EmpathyEducates. December 22, 2013 For youth between the ages of 10 and 24, suicide is the third leading cause of death. Approximately 4600 young lives are lost each year. A nationwide survey of youth in grades 9–12 [...]
The lens of ADHD has changed our perceptions of ourselves and our children. By Jessica Grogan, Ph.D. | Originally Published at Encountering America. Psychology Today. December 17, 2013 Since 1990, the number of American children on medication for ADHD has risen precipitously (from 600,000 to 3.5 million) [...]
