Brain breaks and focused attention practices help to prepare students’ brains to learn, suggests Lori Desautels, assistant professor in the College of Education at Butler
Brain science may help to curb stress that surrounds high-stakes testing and help students perform better, writes Judy Willis, a neurologist and teacher. Willis shares
There are five key reasons why some reading intervention programs may not be breaking through, suggests Eric Jensen, an author and teacher trainer on brain-based
A study in Nature Human Behavior found that children who grew up in poor neighborhoods had a higher risk of performing poorly in school, having
More evidence is in: Reading from screens harms comprehension.
A South Dakota school district is teaching students to cope with trauma, including homelessness and divorce, through its whole-child initiative. Part of the initiative includes
Sometimes the bedtime battle can make a mama feel like it would be easier to just let the kids fall asleep whenever they want, but
Children who use smartphones, tablets, and video games more than seven hours a day are more likely to experience premature thinning of the cortex, the
CDC researchers found that children from households with annual incomes below $35,000 or who lived below the federal poverty level had a higher risk of
Some states are beginning to reverse cuts to time for unstructured play in response to research finding that time for recess helps support development and
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