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The results of th early-intervention study conducted by Dr. Lee Kern, Dr. George DuPaul, and colleagues suggest several strategies for parents and teachers working with young children with ADHD.
1) Make... Read more »
Written by Thomas W. Durso | Illustrations by Melinda Beck
A new, groundbreaking study shows that a series of innovative behavioral interventions can give preschool children a new perspective on life in —and out of— the classroom.
Walk into most preschool classrooms in America, and you cross into a world of organized... Read more »
Forecasting the future is a tricky business. Thomas Edison once predicted the extinction of textbooks, saying, “It is possible to teach every branch of human knowledge with the motion picture.” Likewise, Tom Hammond, assistant professor of teaching, learning, and technology, proves his mettle by assessing five trends in educational... Read more »
Early in his tenure, President Ronald Reagan confounded civil rights advocates by shining the national spotlight on mandatory school busing, a controversial topic in nearly every corner of the country.
Not that the issue of desegregation had quietly slipped under the country’s collective radar—it hadn’t, especially in urban areas ... Read more »
In Philadelphia, a new generation of educational leaders is being groomed. Its charge is simple: to outperform and overachieve.
Evan Scott stood on the 13th green in Los Cabos, Mexico, looked at the Sierra de la Laguna Mountains and marveled at how far he had come. Here was a kid from the toughest part of Philadelphia... Read more »