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President Obama made it clear that education is a top priority during his State of the Union Address. Will the troubled No Child Left Behind program be repaired or replaced? In this segment U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan
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Can you spoil an infant? The quality and quantity of touching/holding that children receive in the initial months of life has a profound impact on their future development. Listen in to find out what you need to know during
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Stuttering and be frustrating for children and teachers and a source of deep concern for parents. This segment looks at the causes of stuttering and offers guidance on how to work with children who stutter and provides insight on
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Traditionally, the preparation of teachers who want to work with children birth to age 5 has focused on the development of young children. But elementary teacher prep has focused on teaching methods and content areas instead. But
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Do common core standards for kindergarten mean standardized testing for very young children? If not, how will the standards be measured? There are many questions around how this program will ultimately be implemented. In this
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Listen this week as Rae Pica talks with a cognitive psychologist and memory researcher who challenges the notion that rote memorization is not authentic learning or quality teaching. He argues that contrary to conventional
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Are proposed national, common core standards developmentally appropriate at the kindergarten level? Class, wealth, social status, and implementation may all be factors. Do common core standards for kindergarten mean standardized
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Families in 16 Ramsey County neighborhoods (MN) have begun receiving letters urging them to take part in the largest and longest study of children’s health ever conducted in the United States. More than 50 years have
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There’s a general sense among parents and educators that today’s children are smarter, developing sooner and are learning more, faster. Is this actually true and if so, what does this mean for the notion of what is
