Education and Schooling
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Description:Review Date: 6/7/2017The ways parents can be involved in their child's schooling to promote academic success are discussed.
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Description:Review Date: 7/25/2017This article discusses the potential benefits of bilingual education on attention, empathy, reading, academic achievement, integration, and protection against dementia.
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Description:Review Date: 7/5/2017A guide prepared to assist educators, parents, and state and local educational agencies in implementing the requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) regarding Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) for children with disabilities, including preschool-aged children.
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Description:Review Date: 6/2/2017School violence is explained and a fact sheet is provided.
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Description:Review Date: 2/27/2017The belief, goals, and vision of anti-bias education in early childhood education settings are discussed. Additional articles and resources are provided targeting early childhood educators.
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Description:Review Date: 8/1/2017Includes strategies for parents as to how they can help with their child's Common Core homework.
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Description:Review Date: 8/3/2017The challenges of moving from primary school to secondary school are discussed. Strategies to facilitate this transition are recommended.
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Description:Review Date: 4/22/2017An overview of benefits for children and educators involved in mentoring programs is provided.
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Description:Review Date: 7/26/2017The benefits of bilingual educations in areas related to cognition, academics and cultural integration are discussed.
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Description:Review Date: 6/13/2017A brief overview of bullying prevention efforts for school and parents is available.
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Description:Review Date: 2/27/2017Information on bullying, specifically the dynamics of bully-victim situations, prevalence of bullying, gender differences in bullying, consequences of bullying, and what can be done. Aimed at parents and teachers.
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Description:Review Date: 3/2/2017Information on the benefits of outside play for children. Also discusses the term "nature deficit disorder", a social condition that affects many children.
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Description:Review Date: 3/9/2017Information on the benefits and goals of early intervention for children who are deaf of hard of hearing.
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Description:Review Date: 7/5/2017The highlights of a new education law, Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), signed into law by President Obama in 2015, are provided.
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Description:Review Date: 3/2/2017In this paper, authors discuss the possibilities and the pitfalls involved in the selection of multicultural literature for use with young children.