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When Class Became More Important to a Child’s Education Than Race
SARAH GARLANDAUG 28 2013, On a weekday afternoon in July, Jessica Klaitman pulled her 16-month-old daughter Hannah out of a stroller in the lobby of the New York Kids Club, a “child-enrichment center” with four classrooms, a dance studio, and gym space in Brooklyn Heights, N.Y.
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Only a few countries are teaching children how to think
Education standards Best and brightest Only a few countries are teaching children how to think The Economist, Aug 17th 2013 |From the print edition The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way. By Amanda Ripley.Simon and Schuster; 320 pages; $28. BAMA Companies has been making pies and biscuits in Oklahoma since the 1920s. […]
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Talking at mealtimes boosts children’s confidence
By Judith BurnsBBC News education reporter Mealtime chatter helps boost children’s communication skills, suggests a study by the National Literacy Trust. Children whose families sit and talk during meals are more confident,
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The Economist (29-6-2013): Teaching and technology: E-ducation
A long-overdue technological revolution is at last under way Jun 29th 2013 |From the print edition “IT IS possible to teach every branch of human knowledge with the motion picture,” observed Thomas Edison in 1913, predicting that books would soon be obsolete in the classroom. In fact the motion picture has had little effect on education.