Apr 25, 2012
Many students give in to the ideas that studying and learning are one in the same, but studying is the road and learning is the destination.
Apr 17, 2012
"How do I get my parents off my back?" Whenever I hear this very common complaint from students, I try to explain that there is good news as well as bad news in this dilemma.
Apr 11, 2012
What exactly does it mean when we're "stressed out"? I believe that children have learned from adults that "stress" is a very convenient label for everything that bothers them.
Apr 03, 2012
In society’s rush to ask more and more of students, and to demand it sooner and sooner, we often overlook just how much we are requiring of our children.
Mar 27, 2012
"Responsibility" has been a buzzword for a long time as well as how it relates to school and schooling in our society.
Mar 21, 2012
You can only develop your own personal prosody –no two are alike– if you know the meaning of what you are saying or reading.
Mar 13, 2012
Most parents of children with learning disabilities will place their children in special programs/schools with the hope and intention that they will eventually master the skills that kept them from being successful in traditional schools.
Mar 06, 2012
After-school activities have become such a large portion of children’s and families lives that it is almost a given that someone you just meet will ask you about the sports or other activities in which your child is enrolled.
Feb 28, 2012
There is a mid-range emotional state that many parents miss because of its subtlety.
Feb 21, 2012
If you view reading as a journey that is ten miles long, then to complete the journey –to say that you can read and demonstrate mastery – you must travel the full ten miles.