by Sarah Green | Oct 31, 2016 | News, Student Issues
The American Institutes for Research took a look at formal early childhood education this year, or as most of us know it, preschool. They found that approximately 48 percent of children from families below the poverty level participate in any form of preschool,...
by Sarah Green | Oct 28, 2016 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues
The American Academy of Pediatrics has released new guidelines for childhood media usage and they’re mostly common sense. They suggest things like not relying solely on devices to calm children down, lest they develop difficulties managing their emotions. They say...
by Sarah Green | Oct 24, 2016 | News, Teacher Issues
A recent study has found that unconscious racial bias may be impacting which children are suggested for special education or gifted programs. The researchers presented 70 third-grade teachers from 14 schools in a single district with a number of case files for...
by Sarah Green | Oct 21, 2016 | News, Profiles
Many of us have strong feelings for the schools that gave us the skills to succeed in our chosen fields. This is certainly true for graduates of the Lauder Institute at the University of Pennsylvania. Several of them have stepped in to serve on their postgrad alma...
by Sarah Green | Oct 17, 2016 | News, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
While a growing majority of children in public education are students of color, about 80 percent of teachers are white. It’s important that teachers have connections to their students, and that connection is very much improved when a student has access to teachers who...