This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Parents across the United States tell their children that if they graduate from high school, go to college and get a job, they can embrace the American Dream. Unfortunately, however,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In competency-based schools, a collaborative and empowered cadre of teachers is the engine that drives learning. Student learning depends on a strong adaptive instructional cycle that, in turn, depends on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The library at Revere High School used to be literally old school, down to the shelves of outdated, dusty books. So when its media specialist suggested transforming it into a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Imagine a preschool classroom where every child is engaged in positive social, emotional and developmental learning activities. The power of high-quality early learning has been evidenced in research time and time again:…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The recently launched Livermore Lab Foundation (link is external) (LLF) represents a new opportunity to support scientific advancement. LLF was formed to generate philanthropic backing of scientific advancement, technological development…
Babies communicate from day one by using gestures, sounds and expressions to share feelings and needs like hunger, sleepiness, or joy. Even before their first words they will develop their…
Literacy provides a window to the world, ensuring all children seize their potential for future success. Learn how children learn to develop the skills necessary to promote language and literacy…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. One of the most commonly taught stories American schoolchildren learn is that of Ragged Dick, Horatio Alger’s 19th-century tale of a poor, ambitious teenaged boy in New York City who…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. One of the broad structural problems underlying these more-discussed abuses is the fast and easy approach many schools take to donor intent. In September of last year, for instance, I wrote about…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This resource provides research-based tips on how to share books with babies and toddlers to maximize the joy and learning of book-reading and to nurture a lifelong love of books.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen was two and a half hours into testimony before the House Financial Services Committee on July 12 when she veered slightly from the usual talk…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. My co-teacher and I met in the parking lot before school and stared into my car trunk at the costumes and props we had gathered over the weekend. We were…