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The Teacher's Corner
From punishing to pleasurable, how cursive writing is looping back into our hearts
Make Your Daughter Practice Math. She’ll Thank You Later.
What Makes a Genius? The World's Greatest Minds Have One Thing in Common
Kids, Would You Please Start Fighting?
We're All Born With Mathematical Abilities (And Why That's Important)
See the Amazing Kids' Maps That Won a Global Contest
A Plan For Raising Brilliant Kids, According To Science
Forgot Where You Parked? Good
What Are The Main Reasons Teachers Call It Quits?
9-year-old genius already conquering college
The Economic Recovery Hasn’t Reached America’s Schools
Your kids bored at school? Tell them to get over it
How To Raise Brilliant Children, According To Science
How Teachers Can Help 'Quiet Kids' Tap Their Superpowers
Stress is Contagious in the Classroom
How To Teach Children That Failure Is The Secret To Success
Computers 'do not improve' pupil results, says OECD
Chess For Progress: How A Grandmaster Is Using The Game To Teach Life Skills
Central California School Board Votes To Allow Employees To Carry Guns
Attention Students: Put Your Laptops Away
Why Teachers Need To Know The Wrong Answers
How Adults Can Encourage Kids To Be Original Thinkers
Standards, Grades And Tests Are Wildly Outdated, Argues 'End Of Average'
Research Hints at Promise and Difficulty of Helping People With A.D.H.D. Learn
Should Computer Education Cover More Than Just Coding?
OK, Google, Where Did I Put My Thinking Cap?
How to Raise a Creative Child. Step One: Back Off
Sometimes Confusion is a Good Thing
Former Stanford dean
explains why helicopter parenting is ruining a generation of children
Who Are The 'Gifted And Talented' And What Do They Need?
‘Why Do Americans Stink at Math?’ and ‘How to Make Math Meaningful’
Skills and Strategies | Doodling, Sketching and ‘Mind Mapping’ as Learning Tools
Kids of Helicopter Parents Are Sputtering Out
Sleep's Link To Learning And Memory Traced To Brain Chemistry
States Listen as Parents Give Rampant Testing an F
Curiosity: It Helps Us Learn, But Why?
A Cure for Hyper-Parenting
Learn from my mistakes: What I wish I had done to get more out of parent-teacher conferences
How Exercise Can Boost Young Brains
Better Ways to Learn
Helping Kids Take Criticism Constructively (Even When It Isn’t Constructive)
Ready to Learn? The Key Is Listening With Intention
New research shows how curiosity fosters learning
Q&A: Plumbing The Mysteries Of The Teenage Brain
Remembering mistakes helps speed up learning
The Teacher Dropout Crisis
Steve Jobs Was A Low -Tech Parent
Read Slowly to Cut Stress and Benefit Your Brain
How Tests Make Us Smarter
U.S. teachers have harder job than counterparts in industrialized world — survey
Why some schools still insist on lessons in elegant cursive
Low-Income Schools See Big Benefits in Teaching Mindfulness
What’s Lost as Handwriting Fades
What Are Education Tests For, Anyway?
What Parents Need To Know About Big Data And Student Privacy
Raising a Moral Child
A bumpy road: Failure may be the secret to your child’s success
Why Parents Need to Let Their Children Fail
Kids These Days: Growing Up Too Fast Or Never At All?
Want to learn quicker? Use your body
Blocks, puzzles help kids prep for school and life
The Over Protected Kid
What The U.S. Can Learn From Finland, Where School Starts At Age 7
Kids These Days: Growing Up Too Fast Or Never At All?
Study suggests kids should unplug before sleep
U S Kids Read Little on E-Readers, Tablets: Study Says
America Hates Its Gifted Kids
‘I would love to teach but…’
Scientists say great novels can change brain's biology
To Make Science Real, Kids Want More Fun
Solving The Conundrum Of Multiple Choice Tests
Yes, Your Toddler Really Is Smarter Than A 5-Year-Old
Cute cats could be key to learning new languages
Hacking Our Senses to Boost Learning Power
Pediatricians Set Limits on Screen Time
Childhood Poverty Affects Brain Development; Early Nurturing Crucial
Language-Gap Study Bolsters a Push for Pre-K
Math Ability Starts in Infancy, Study Suggests
Why Tough Teachers Get Good Results
Expecting the Best Yields Results
Want To Read Others' Thoughts? Try Reading Literary Fiction
How Physical Fitness May Promote School Sucess
No Child Left Untableted
Can Emotional Intelligence Be Taught?
The Trouble With Testing Mania
Study Finds Spatial Skill Is Early Sign of Creativity
I Will Not Check My Son's Grades Online Five TImes a Day
What Kids are Reading In School and Out
Grouping Kids by Ability Regains Favor in the Classroom
Study Gauges Value of Technology in Schools
How To Introduce Kids To Tough Topics? Art And TV Can Help
The Faulty Logic of the ‘Math Wars’
New Florida law: Teachers can’t be evaluated on students they don’t have
Late nights 'sap children's brain power'
Likely to Suceed