These days, children are practically born with the ability to use a smartphone and have an immediateunderstanding of technologyfrom a young age, and91 percent of childrenplay video games. In this environment, parents can fight the trend and likely lose, or use it to their advantage by allowing...
If we are to stop boring students, failing students and turning out so many “educated” students unprepared for life, the job of our children’s education must become the province of the parents and not the State. The Educational Freedom Act starts California down that path. The $14,000 p...
It has been widely reported in the literature that the act of stammering can have an adverse effect on a person's educational performance, with a number of researchers suggesting that children who stammer under achieve at school. However there is limited empirical data indicating whether there is...
The transition to formal education is a critical transition in children’s lives that has importance for socio-emotional and behavioral functioning. I
We extend the model to include occupational choice as a jointly determined variable along with health, and show that children with low health endowments will be involved in more hazardous occupations under the conditions of uninsured risk. Lastly, we are able to show that when perfect insurance ...
A three-day 'game jam' starting June 8 is planned in hopes of increasing the software available for the XO, making it a more attractive purchase
The New Hampshire Education Freedom Accounts (EFA) program was created by the State of New Hampshire to help expand educational opportunities for New Hampshire children. Eligible New Hampshire families can use funding to pay for tuition at the school of their choice, tutoring, online learning progra...
My children, both with ADHD, have benefited from the services of educational connections for the last few years. Class support has ranged from an EF coach, science support and ACT preparation. I appreciate the flexibility of the team and the expertise of all the educators. I strongly recommend...
The purpose of this scoping review was to explore operationalizations and related conceptualizations of young children’s engagement in early childhoo
Supplemental educational services (SES) is a component of the omnibus Elementary and Secondary Education Act usually referred to as the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001. The law authorizes many programs besides SES, most notably Title I grants targeted to meet the needs of children in ...