Human Rights Campaign [web resource]
Human Rights Campaign (HRC) advocates for LGBTQ equality and educates the public about LGBTQ issues. Being supported at home, in school and in the community is important for all children and youth – especially lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning/queer Read more >>
Kids and Screen Time: Signs Your Child Might Be Addicted
It’s a familiar sight in the majority of young families: young children bent over a screen for hours, texting or gaming, lost in a digital world. Many parents worry, how much screen time is too much? Read more >>
Perfect Grades Don’t Always Matter
Most American students strive for a 4.0 GPA and the highest test scores, but research shows that this quest for perfection actually discourages creativity and reduces academic risk-taking. In this episode of “School Myths” author Alice Roth of The Atlantic Read more >>
Social Emotional Learning in Elementary School [downloadable]
Social and Emotional Learning in Elementary School, produced by Pennsylvania State University with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, examines the evidence of successful, universal SEL programs and practices used to support social and emotional development in students during Read more >>
Dyslexia and the Wider World of Creativity and Talent
Reading well can be a sign of intelligence, except when it isn’t, which is often the case for the 5-20 percent of students who have by far the most common form of learning disability, dyslexia. Read more >>
The Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative [web resource]
The Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative (CAHMI) is a national initiative based out of the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. The mission of the Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative is to Read more >>
Study: Kind Communities – A Bridge to Youth Mental Wellness
The Born This Way Foundation commissioned a study through Benenson Strategy Group, who surveyed over 3,000 young people between the ages 15-24 and over 1,000 parents, asking questions about mental health and wellness. The results of the study, “Kind Communities – Read more >>
How Stereotypes in Movies and on TV Impact Kids’ Development [downloadable]
A new Common Sense Media study shows that learning gender roles from movies and TV shows has real consequences on kids’ self-esteem, relationships, and even their future careers. Read more >>
The IRIS Center [web resource]
The IRIS Center is a national center dedicated to improving education outcomes for all children—especially those with disabilities— through the use of effective evidence-based practices and interventions. Read more >>
What Parents Can Do to Help Kids Who Struggle with Reading
One in five people have dyslexia, and it affects people who use both languages based on alphabets (such as English) or logographics (such as Mandarin, Korean, etc.), making it a worldwide issue. Despite its prevalence, though, dyslexia is often misunderstood Read more >>
