When writing by hand, visual motor systems in the brain that support reading are more active, said Sophia Vinci-Booher, an assistant professor of educational neuroscience at Vanderbilt University. Vinci-Booher has also found that handwriting increases letter recognition more than typing...
Conversely, poor schools are much less likely to adopt an algebra-for-all policy for eighth graders. Nearly half of the wealthiest...
His district offers Cyber Week, an optional week during the summer for teachers to explore innovative teaching practices. This past...
Reading also enables students to make broader connections to the world, whether it has to do with global events, personal...
When you are in the trenches of parenthood, it is easy to forget that the ultimate goal is to raise...
Meanwhile, average students appeared to be unharmed. Those who had been randomly assigned to the new mixed level class had...
Thirty-seven percent of students who initially enrolled in college with the Promise scholarship program earned a two-year associate degree within...
As the scientist in him mulled this over, he also looked inward. “I noticed them in myself. Oh my God,...
The fact that students with dual enrollment credits are faring better than students without dual enrollment credits isn’t terribly persuasive....
Most loving parents feel a natural desire to praise their children. Yet, there seems to be a backlash against praise...
