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Academic Performance

What Genetics Tells Us About Anxiety: Not Much

Stanton Peele | Posted 04.27.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Success, Pressure, Test Anxiety, Genetics Health, Academic Performance, Mental Health, Genetics, Academic Pressure, Anxiety, Comt, Healthy Living News
Stanton Peele

For several days this month, one of the most emailed articles in the New York Times was "Why Can Some Kids Handle Pressure While Others Fall Apart?" The article purports to explain why some children fold under the pressure of taking tests.

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Feeling Stressed, Mom and Dad?

Leslie King, LCSW | Posted 02.04.2013 | Parents
Read More: Stress, Dad, Teenager, Children, Child, Mother, Raising Children, High School, Mom, Teen, School, Anxiety, Father. Middle School, Academic Stress, Academic Performance, Parenting Advice, Parents News
Leslie King, LCSW

Few of us would claim to behave better when we are stressed or contend that our relationships, or the way we handle our responsibilities, improve when we feel pressured. So imagine how stress can feel to your middle schooler or teenager, who has far less experience to help him or her cope.

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Can Students Love School? Yes, If Schools Love Students

David Allyn | Posted 11.12.2012 | Home
Read More: Creativity, Academic Rigor, Education, School Curriculum, Academic Performance, Innovation, Georgetown Day School, Teaching, Home News
David Allyn

Perhaps we reap what we sow. If we assume that children are a "problem" to be solved (to be controlled or crammed full of knowledge or taught how to behave), are we creating a self-fulfilling prophecy?

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Back to School, Use Music to Get Better Grades

Joseph Cardillo, Ph.D. | Posted 10.27.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Studying, Mind, School Tips, Intelligence, Study Tips, Academic Performance, Playlists, Tips for School, Music for Meditation, Back to School, Music for the Soul, Healthy Living News
Joseph Cardillo, Ph.D.

This article is not about using music get smarter. Rather it is about how to use music to optimize some of your natural skills that already help make you smart, as well as more successful.

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5 Lies Moms of Teens Tell

Barbara Greenberg | Posted 07.21.2012 | Parents
Read More: Lies, Secrets, Mental Health, Daughters, Embarrassment, Academic Performance, Mommybloggers, Psychology, Tweens, Parenting, Grandparents, Education, Teens, Sons, Teachers, Competiyion, Anxiety, Fathers, Parents News
Barbara Greenberg

What an easier time we would have if we felt we had permission to be real with ourselves and each other.

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Should Schools Alone Be Held Accountable For Student Achievement?

| Sarah Garland | Posted 01.31.2012 | Home
Read More: Video, Promise Neighborhoods, Student Success, Student Achievement, Academic Performance, Student Success Accountability, Harlem Children Zone, Education Sector, School Accountability, Education Reform, Poor Schools, Cincinnati Public Schools, Home News

This article comes to us courtesy of The Hechinger Report's HechingerEd blog. What if schools didn't have to work alone to improve student achievem...

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Is 6th Grade The Answer To America's Dropout Crisis?

| Kathryn Baron | Posted 01.30.2012 | Home
Read More: K-12 Education, High Performing Schools, High Performing Students, Achievement Gains, K-12, Middle School Programs, Academic Performance, Elementary School, Academic Success, High School Dropouts, Sixth Grade, Video, Education, Dropout Crisis, High School, Middle School, Sixth Grade Students, Home News

This story comes to us courtesy of Silicon Valley Education Foundation's Thoughts On Public Education blog, TopEd.org. The idea that hormonally-cha...

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The Land of Opportunity -- An American Fairytale

Steve Nelson | Posted 11.29.2011 | Home
Read More: Education Reform, Student Development, Public Schools, College Preparation, Pathway to Promise, Achievement Gap, Academic Performance, School Curriculum, Learning, Home News
Steve Nelson

There are many things American schools need. More early academic emphasis is not one of them. In fact, early academic emphasis is one of the root causes of the intractable achievement "problems" in public schools.

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Study: Boys Less Likely To Succeed In School Than Girls

Posted 07.18.2011 | Home
Read More: Gender Gap, Male Students, Boys Academic Achievement, Achievement Gap, Academic Performance, Boy Students, Students, Boys Academic Performance, Boys Education, Home News

On Tuesday, boys education advocates met in Washington to discuss the declining academic performance of male students, reports The Washington Times. B...

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Attention Deficit Disorder: Ritalin Or Recess?

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: ABC for Fitness, Healthy, Children, Academic Performance, Obesity, Physical Activity, Wellness, Education, Add, Dr. David L. Katz, Recess, Health, Exercise, Dr. David Katz, Fitness, Attention Deficit Disorder, Ritalin, Schools, News, Conditions, Adhda, Healthy Living News
David Katz, M.D.

Rambunctiousness in children is normal. And it should be treated with recess, not Ritalin!

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With Public Schools a Mess, We Can't Wait for Superman

Blaise Nutter | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Public Schools, Davis Guggenheim, Teachers Union, An Inconvenient Truth, Waiting for Superman, Education Reform, Al Gore, Lotteries, Students, Academic Performance, Education, Impact News
Blaise Nutter

Davis Guggenheim's new film, Waiting For Superman, is both a searing indictment of our education system and a desperate call-to-action to save our struggling schools.

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