Education and Schooling

  • 10 Ways to Help Your Teen Succeed in High School
    Description:
    The ways parents can be involved in their child's schooling to promote academic success are discussed.
    Review Date: 6/7/2017
  • 6 Potential Brain Benefits Of Bilingual Education
    Description:
    This article discusses the potential benefits of bilingual education on attention, empathy, reading, academic achievement, integration, and protection against dementia.
    Review Date: 7/25/2017
  • A Guide to the Individualized Education Program
    Description:
    A 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.
    Review Date: 7/5/2017
  • About School Violence
    Description:
    School violence is explained and a fact sheet is provided.
    Review Date: 6/2/2017
  • Anti-Bias Education
    Description:
    The 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.
    Review Date: 2/27/2017
  • Back off parents
    Description:
    Includes strategies for parents as to how they can help with their child's Common Core homework.
    Review Date: 8/1/2017
  • Back to School: Get Children Off to a Good Start in Secondary School
    Description:
    The challenges of moving from primary school to secondary school are discussed. Strategies to facilitate this transition are recommended.
    Review Date: 8/3/2017
  • Benefits for Young People
    Description:
    An overview of benefits for children and educators involved in mentoring programs is provided.
    Review Date: 4/22/2017
  • Bilingual education: 5 reasons why starting early is important
    Description:
    The benefits of bilingual educations in areas related to cognition, academics and cultural integration are discussed.
    Review Date: 7/26/2017
  • Bullying Prevention
    Description:
    A brief overview of bullying prevention efforts for school and parents is available.
    Review Date: 6/13/2017
  • Bullying: Information for Parents and Teachers
    Description:
    Information 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.
    Review Date: 2/27/2017
  • Children and nature: who let the kids out?
    Description:
    Information on the benefits of outside play for children. Also discusses the term "nature deficit disorder", a social condition that affects many children.
    Review Date: 3/2/2017
  • Early Intervention: What It Is and Why It Is Important
    Description:
    Information on the benefits and goals of early intervention for children who are deaf of hard of hearing.
    Review Date: 3/9/2017
  • Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
    Description:
    The highlights of a new education law, Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), signed into law by President Obama in 2015, are provided.
    Review Date: 7/5/2017
  • Examining Multicultural Picture Books for the Early Childhood Classroom: Possibilities and Pitfalls
    Description:
    In this paper, authors discuss the possibilities and the pitfalls involved in the selection of multicultural literature for use with young children.
    Review Date: 3/2/2017

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