Author: Matthew Lynch
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Robot Teachers Invade Chinese Kindergartens
Robots are a cool aspect that kids enjoy seeing in movies and as toys, but now robots are turning out to be more real than ever ... -
Should Parents Choose Their Child’s Teacher?
Parents always believe that they know what’s best for their kids. Teachers have a huge impact on a student’s attitude toward school, so parents want to ... -
Supporting Parents of Children with Autism: The Role of Educators
Students with autism often have a more difficult time learning and focusing in the classroom than those around them. Therefore, it is important that educators do ... -
Teacher Pay: Which States Pay Teachers the Most and Least?
Being a teacher is hard work, but unfortunately, many teachers don’t get paid enough for what they do. The pay for an average teacher greatly varies ... -
Teacher Shortages: Too Many Subs, Not Enough Learning
Whenever there’s a substitute in class, kids either get excited because they won’t have to do much work or sad because they won’t have their usual ... -
The Curse of America’s Illogical School Day Schedule
Schools are supposed to help students grow in knowledge and prepare for the real world, but unfortunately, one aspect that takes away from these goals is ... -
Reinventing the Way We Measure Family Outcomes
The lack of family focus and inability to measure family outcomes has many people wondering if we need to reevaluate this entire process. Connecticut’s Office of ... -
Private Colleges in Peril: Financial Pressures and Declining Enrollment May Lead to More Closures
Financial pressure is leading to more and more colleges closing or considering closure. To those who work closely with the financial health of their financial institutions, ... -
The Role of Group Work in Education
When the teacher announces that an assignment is going to be done as group work, there is usually a collective groan. Group collaboration is frustrating, unequal, ... -
The Importance of Emotions in Learning
Richard Davidson, founder of the Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin says, “The brain circuits important for social-emotional learning interact with circuits that ...