One of the hallmarks of a great 21st Century learning environment is that it is far more permeable in terms of two-way communication with parents, community members, and students than ever thought possible. This has also presented great challenges for...
When you read about the characteristics of highly effective teachers, you also see that they are high "affective" as well. Their passion for learning is evident, their love of students even more so. Consider Karen Krantz who teaches in...
[A report by Louise Godbold, Co-Executive Director of Echo Parenting & Education.] Could it actually work? That is the question we've been asking ourselves ever since starting our Trauma-Informed, Nonviolent Whole School pilot project at Sally Ride Elementary. Not out loud, of course, but in the dead of the night when the overwhelming nature of transforming a whole school community on a modest budget in less than one year seems difficult at best, sheer lunacy at worst.
As far back as I can remember the concept of race has played a significant role in my life. My mother has told me that one night while I was reading an American Girl Doll book about “Addy,” an African-American girl who was a...
Jairo Gomez is 17 years old and lives in a tiny apartment in New York City with eight other family members. He has grown up in poverty, like one-third of all kids in the city. With WNYC's program Radio Rookies, Gomez tells the story of how...
E x posure to secondhand smoke and roadway traffic may be tied to increased body mass index in children and adolescents, a new study suggests. Researchers studied 3,318 children in 12 Southern California communities beginning at an average age...
Exercise seems to be good for the human brain, with many recent studies suggesting that regular exercise improves memory and thinking skills. But an interesting new study asks whether the apparent cognitive benefits from exercise are real or...
TO THE EDITOR: The Brain’s Depths Re “ Learning How Little We Know ” (“The Map Makers” series, Nov. 11): As a neuroscientist, I find that the greatest obstacle to progress is not the daunting complexity of the...
The Mental Health & Faith Community Partnership is a strategic partnership between the American Association of People with Disabilities through it's Interfaith Disability Advocacy Coalition, the American Psychiatric Association, and the American Psychiatric Foundation. The partnership gathered over forty religious leaders and psychiatric leaders July 11, 2014 to discuss working together to reduce stigma associated with mental illness and improve community-based services and supports for...
Every time Berzabeth Valdez heads out to work from her mobile home on the outskirts of Houston, it crosses her mind that she might not come back. Ms. Valdez, 48, is a Mexican immigrant who has been living in Texas for 11 years without legal...
The United States is facing a critical shortage of doctors that could seriously jeopardize the ability of a patient to get medical care in the coming years. Or, at least, that's the message the medical community has been pushing for several...
National Child Day approaches and to help mark it the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada has produced 15 recommendations on early childhood development, care and education. The prenatal period and early childhood are the most...
Truancy, bullying and other conflicts among students are down, and in-school suspensions have declined 75 percent at a San Antonio middle school two years after University of Texas at Austin researchers helped implement “restorative...
Past experiences of childhood trauma are common among California adults, and those experiences correlate with harmful behaviors and chronic disease at a level that constitutes a “public health crisis,” according to a new study. The...
“We know that it makes sense to keep kids in school for $9,000 a year versus individuals in prison for $62,000 a year.” This statement is the kind of thing you’d expect to hear from a leader in education or child welfare,...