A new parent may want to consider enrolling in education courses through their pediatric primary care center, as a new study is suggesting that these kinds of programs can increase parent-child play and other activities that are critical to boosting school readiness. The study was recently published in the Archives of Pediatrics & […]
Archive | January, 2011
Unemployment rate drops to 19-month low
Job seekers may have gotten a vote of confidence with this past month’s jobs report, as the unemployment rate dropped 0.4 percentage points to 9.4 percent, the lowest it has been in the past 19 months. The Department of Labor announced that there were more than 103,000 jobs created during the month of December, which […]
School looks to help students catch up with their peers
As education reform pushes forward, there is a greater stress upon standardized test scores and how students should be performing for their grade level. As a result, there are a growing number of programs that are geared toward improving standardized test scores. The Phoenix Academy in Palm Coast, Florida, works to help children who […]
House passes COMPETES bill to be signed
The House of Representatives agreed to a stripped-down version of the America COMPETES Act from the Senate, which is designed to strengthen research, education and other federal agencies. Through the bill, there will be new programs that are focused on boosting math and science education. However, COMPETES does not provide any money toward agencies, and […]
Study finds sleep helps lead to creative thinking through memory reorganization
Students who need to boost their creative thinking may want to consider getting more sleep, as a new study is suggesting that rest will not only make someone’s memory stronger, but may also help with creativity. According to research published in Current Directions in Psychological Science, sleep helps reorganize memories to help produce new and […]