Witnessing the wonder and adventure of your child as they learn new things is one of the best things in the world. A lot of this growth happens in the first few years of their little lives. However, parents with children with developmental delays can feel overwhelmed when it comes […]
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What is Mental Age?
This is the age at which a child is described according to his or her intelligence. Mental age (MA) can be higher or lower than a child’s biological age, but generally, intelligence is thought to increase as a child’s biological age increases. In other words, mental age is the level […]
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10 Reasons to Allow Cell Phone Use at School
1. Cell phones save us money. They are almost ubiquitous and can reduce the stress and cost of our infrastructure. 2. Cell phones can help students be more organized Most students don’t carry paper plans. We need to integrate their cell phones and/or touch devices as their plan-give them homework […]
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Human Jobs: Learning What Computers Can’t Do
Throughout the 40-year information age, we continued to educate young people as if computers didn’t exist. We teach courses that focus on memorization. We teach long division and polynomial factorization as if they were important skills. We gave small problems with known answers when the real added value was solving […]
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Parents Are the First Line of Defense Against “Winter Learning Loss”
As winter approaches, now is the time for parents to start planning how to keep their children mentally and physically active during the holidays. Why? Over 100 years (yes, 100 years) of research has documented the occurrence of “winter learning loss,” the loss of academic skills and knowledge that can […]
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7 Winter Learning Tools Parents Should Know
Winter vacation has begun, but that doesn’t mean learning needs to stop. Opportunities are everywhere, and there are plenty of tools and resources for students at all grade levels to continue exploring this winter. Here are 7 great places to start :. 1. AIClub: An online platform that offers a […]
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8 Reasons Students Should Share Their Assignments
Why they share 1. Kate Fox is the school director of an independent mixed-age learning center in New York City and a middle and high school English teacher. At her school, student-led conferences and student presentations are held three times a year as an authentic assessment and celebration of learning […]
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Students are Talking, It’s Time We Listen
Key points A recent Gallup poll shows that students rate schools low on enthusiasm for learning, mental health support, career preparation, and personalization. In fact, more than 20 percent of students gave their schools a D or lower. That means at least one in five students is deeply dissatisfied with […]
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Teaching Physiological Thinking
Formal learning is a humbling endeavor. As planners, designers, implementers, and general janitors of public and private educational systems, we have the insurmountable task of overcoming children’s natural tendency to play, rebel, and self-direct in the hopes of providing them with a “good education.” Reading, writing, arithmetic, etc. There is […]
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