Male toddlers and youths from low-income families are lagging behind their female and more-affluent peers in language development, according to a study by professor Elaine Reese from Otago University. The study included children in New Zealand speaking te reo Maori and English and found about 87% of 2-year-olds were forming simple sentences in at least one of the languages.
Is there a "bravery gap" among female learners? Reshma Saujani, founder and CEO of Girls Who Code, thinks so, and she calls on educators to recognise it and then work to challenge the "perfection or bust" mentality that sometimes stands in the way of risk-taking among girls. This blog post features trends, tools and tips highlighted by speakers at this year's International Society for Technology in Education conference.
Educators sometimes give disruptive students negative attention, but a punitive response may not benefit such students, asserts education researcher Tommaso Lana. In this blog post, he outlines how a classroom map can help flip the script on responses to behavior.
Female students in Western Australia will have a more relaxed dress code going forward. Officials have amended the state's policy, following a complaint, to allow girls to wear pants and shorts -- rather than only dresses, skirts or skorts.
Teachers and students in five countries are working with a gaming company to determine the effects of game-based learning. The study, taking place this school year, comprises Greece, Italy, Norway, Poland and Portugal.
Spanish fluency may be decreasing among young Latinos who live in the US, according to the Pew Research Center. Data show an increase since 2000 in the number of Latinos ages 5 to 17 who say they speak only English at home or speak English "very well."
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