While it's true that things like lacking job flexibility and poor parental involvement greatly influence health, well-being, and behavior outcomes for kids in working-class families, according to a ...

The usual system for grading students is, bit by bit, going by the wayside in favor of one that emphasizes learning over traditional measures. It’s a healthy shift, though traditionalists no doubt are ...

You have never known weird until you have watched a student-made video project. While teaching To Kill a Mockingbird in 9 th grade English, I was about as unenthusiastic as my students for a ...

School's a little different this year, so art teachers are using their classes to help kids cope. After spending months trying to get used to remote learning, now kids are struggling to adjust to ...

From hearing lullabies to the sing-song lilt of a parent’s voice, babies form strong connections with their caregivers through sound and song. Think about the way we instinctively bounce or rock fussy ...

Kids learn how to behave, speak, and interact with others from their parents — the first relationships and people they're surrounded by in their lives. However, they also tend to learn more nuanced ...

Almost 20 years ago, psychologist Ellie Brown was looking to do research on a Head Start preschool program, to examine how it affected kids from low-income families. Brown, a professor of psychology ...

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