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Preschool Children Who Can Pay Attention More Likely to Finish College: Early Reading and Math Not Predictive of College Completion

By admin | Published: August 7, 2012

ScienceDaily (Aug. 6, 2012) — Young children who are able to pay attention and persist with a task have a 50 percent greater chance of completing college, according to a new study at Oregon State University. Tracking a group of 430 preschool-age children, the study gives compelling evidence that social and behavioral skills, such as [...]

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Over 25,000 government school children in Rajasthan improve significantly in Math, Hindi and English reading.

By admin | Published: July 24, 2012

“Creative Learning and Teaching“ (CLT) techniques have shown to be crucial to improve the quality of education, and we are very proud that the results demonstrate such a stunning impact. Learning gains in Math, Hindi and English reading increased by 20%.  Working in 2,342 government schools across Pali district, the Mumbai based NGO leverages existing government [...]

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Why reading novels in school isn’t a waste of time. – Adventures in Ethics and Science

By admin | Published: July 2, 2012

I have a five year old son, who has a better fundamental understanding of evolution, than I did when I was twenty. I took a picture book, Our Family Tree and built a narrative from the perspective of a single cell and it’s journey from being a free single cell to joining with others to [...]

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Summer Reading 101: Keep kids and teens reading – and loving it

By admin | Published: June 14, 2012

When school is out for summer, the last thing many kids want to do is pick up another book. however, reading is one of the most important activities children can do now to help themselves later — both when they go back to school in the fall, and later in life. If children don’t engage [...]

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Kids flock to IBM’s Littleton campus for hands-on education in science and engineering

By admin | Published: May 12, 2012

Divided into 20 groups by age and gender and wearing matching “Think” T-shirts, 200 new England kids were led throughout a labyrinth of hallways and staircases to participate in activities ranging from building with gumdrops and making ice cream to programming robots and connecting K’NEX. On April 26, the kids took the day off from [...]

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Aspire Prep Says It Should Not Be Penalized for One Bad Year

By admin | Published: January 26, 2012

WNYC WNYC’s report on Aspire Prep To hear its principal, Steven Cobb, tell the story, Aspire Preparatory Middle School experienced the perfect storm in the fall of 2010. The state made its annual math and reading tests harder to pass that year and, like most schools, Aspire did poorly. Then, just as the school was [...]

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Bedtime Stories – Why They’re Necessary for Your Child’s Healthy Development

By admin | Published: January 13, 2012

Don’t underestimate them if you are a parent and want your child to do well at school and in life Reading to your children will encourage them to get the imagination going – visualize the content of what you’re reading to them. This will help develop the visual memory which will be useful at school [...]

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SciTech opens its doors for science-oriented preschool

By admin | Published: December 4, 2011

By Michele DuVair For The Beacon-News December 1, 2011 5:30PM Ronan Sebold plays with blocks in water while classmates Carter Grisenthwaite (left) and Mikaela Odenat join in on the other side of a clear plastic panel at SciTech Discovery Preschool on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011 in downtown Aurora. | Steven Buyansky~Sun-Times Media storyidforme: 22007126 tmspicid: [...]

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Audio Books For Children – The Benefits

By admin | Published: October 21, 2011

Joining writing and math, reading is one of the most significant skills a child will encounter in school. unfortunately, it is also one of the leading subjects most often dreaded and difficult to get youngsters to show an interest in. However, an increasing amount of parents and teachers are now discovering the ease and convenience [...]

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Math and Reading Enrichment Programs For Elementary School Kids

By admin | Published: October 7, 2011

Every parents dream of making sure their child is prepared for the future. There is nothing wrong in having this desire. each one of us take various routes and various steps to make sure our children learn sooner. We think constantly about what we can do within all power that we got to educate children [...]

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