2014

To succeed in today's classrooms, students must be more than book smart - they must be digital learners as well. Modern technology such as e-books, online tutorial programs, educational social media options and apps are providing access to personalized learning opportunities which were not available to previous generations of students.

More than meals: How school cafeterias teach nutrition, too. This guided independence in the lunch line provides an important sense of empowerment for students as well as a chance to develop healthy eating habits for home.

Celebrating your little one's first birthday is a special opportunity to create cherished memories. For a fresh theme idea appropriate for boys and girls alike, take a note from contemporary pop culture and plan a "royal" first birthday party for your little prince or princess.

By Sandy Peckinpah, author of “How to Survive the Worst That Can Happen"

What can schools do? Schools have a very important part to play in preventing bullying, and in dealing with both face-to-face and cyberbullying. They should have a multi-faceted, comprehensive anti-bullying policy in place.

As women we are wired to say “yes”. We want to be all things to all people at all times. We pride ourselves on being exceptional multi-taskers who can exist on very little sleep, and have no limits to how much we can accomplish in a single day. We truly believe we are Wonder Woman and can do it all, and we can do it all by ourselves…otherwise known as the “Competency Curse”.

Students at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology are available five nights each week during the school year to provide free math and science tutoring for students in grades 6-12 through the college’s Homework Hotline. The hotline surpassed a major milestone in 2014 – 500,000 sessions by telephone calls, online chats, and e-mail resources since the service’s opening in 1991.

Parents can take a role in helping to protect their children at school. Upon entering the classroom on their next visit, they should look to see if the classroom is protected. Here is what they should check.

Preadolescent youth who play violent video games for a significant amount of time each day are at greater risk for depression, according to research from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) released Monday in Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking.

Typically an IQ tells the psychologist what a child is “capable” of doing while a test of academic achievement, such as tests like the PSSA, tell us how the child is “actually” doing. In most cases these scores will be similar; however in the case of an under-motivated student or a student with a learning disability, a large discrepancy will be produced, suggesting that the student may not be achieving his/her full potential.