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  • Recess is Essential for Kids
    Posted June 1, 2011 by Rachel Wadham

    Denene Miller of Parenting.com reports though CNN Health (http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/05/09/exercise.for.kids/)  on her own experience and outlines recent research that shows that recess for kids is essential.  The research shows that kids behave better and learn better if they have a chance to play. For more information on the topic of recess in schools try searching in [...]

  • English Language Learners in Utah
    Posted April 20, 2011 by Rachel Wadham

    A recent report by the Institute of Education Sciences studies the performance standards of Utah’s English proficiency assessment for 10th and 11th graders.  Questions about the discrepancy in performance on these assessments and those of language arts and mathematics content assessments raised concerns about the validity of this assessment.  With over 45,000 English language learners [...]

  • iPods and iPads in Education
    Posted March 15, 2011 by Rachel Wadham

    Technology is impacting education in a big way, and the iPad and iPod is only two of those devices that are finding their niche in schools and libraries.  To keep up on this developing trend take a look at some of these articles found in ERIC: Banister, S. (2010). Integrating the iPod touch in K-12 [...]

  • Research Points: Essential Information on Education Research
    Posted October 20, 2008 by Rachel Wadham

    The American Educational Research Association’s quarterly series Research Points offers essential information on timely education topics.  PDF files of volumes from Spring 2003- Winter 2007 can be accessed at the following website: AERA Research Points

  • School Readiness Research
    Posted November 28, 2007 by Rachel Wadham

    Interesting new research on school readiness just reported in the journal Developmental Psychology: Duncan, Greg J., School readiness and later achievement. Developmental Psychology, Vol 43(6), Nov 2007. pp. 1428-1446. Using 6 longitudinal data sets, the authors estimate links between three key elements of school readiness–school-entry academic, attention, and socioemotional skills–and later school reading and math [...]