Should parents help their kids with homework?
The Conversation - Daniel Hamlin Schools across the country encourage [...]
Children who have afternoon school breaks are fitter but need a supportive environment
Why afternoon breaks are so beneficial to students
At a Loss for Words
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked.
Three Things Overscheduled Kids Need More of in Their Lives
Playtime, downtime and family time are so essential to a child's healthy development.
A Reading Program That Starts With A Promise Parents Make To Their Kids
An educator and entrepreneur believes he's found an untapped resource to help more struggling students succeed in reading. The secret? Families.
How To Raise An Upstander
How parents can teach their children to stand up for themselves and others in the face of bullying
What’s the best way to teach children a second language? New research produces surprising results
Children as young as eight or nine could be taught a foreign language in a more adult, analytical way.
Students who plan to seek more education than needed for their career earn more money
Students who plan to get more education than is required for the career they hope to have end up earning higher salaries as a result, a new analysis shows.
For the first time in centuries, were setting up a generation to be worse off than the one before it
Will the next generation of children actually be worse off than the previous generation?
Should All Elementary Schools Be Required to Teach a Foreign Language?
Why elementary school is a good time for children to begin learning a foreign language