by Sarah Green | Nov 11, 2016 | News, Student Issues
Katy, Texas probably isn’t a name you’ve heard before. It’s a city in the margins of Houston, on the intersection of three counties and home to around 16,000 citizens. It’s also part of one of the most overcrowded school districts in the country. Overcrowding is...
by Sarah Green | Nov 9, 2016 | News
If you’re worried about your students’ desire to constantly take selfies and share them on social media, you can breathe a sigh of relief. A new study has shown that taking and sharing digital photos can be good for mental health. The four-week study conducted by...
by Sarah Green | Nov 7, 2016 | Student Issues
We tend to think of our minds “wandering” as getting away from the task at hand and being a distraction from important work. But according to new research from the University of British Columbia, this is an essential part of how our brains work. According to the...
by Sarah Green | Nov 4, 2016 | News
You’ve probably heard your students say “five-second rule” when they drop food on the floor. They quickly pick it up and eat it. Theoretically, if a piece of food is on the floor for less than five seconds, no bacteria will get on it and it will still be safe to eat....
by Sarah Green | Nov 2, 2016 | Student Issues
Schizophrenia is not a well-understood disorder, but it is one that humans have been dealing with for a very long time. Although schizophrenia usually sets in between the ages of 18 and 25, it can set in during childhood as well. About 1 in 400,000 children (as...
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 26, 2016 | Teacher Issues
It’s hard being an introverted teacher. Every single work day is filled with hundreds of children of various ages and needs. You have to balance teaching your class with individual attention to students, and it always seems like you’re doing a dozen things at once....
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...
