Traditional American schools are well suited and effective for teaching facts and conveying static knowledge. But how well do most schools teach application of knowledge to new situations, how effective […]

Do you take forever to do your homework? Are you always the last one to finish tests when you have them in class? Many teenagers and college students have the […]

Improving social skills is a difficult task for educators and clinicians. It’s difficult to transfer the trained skills to the real world. Traditional methods of teaching social skills involve modeling, […]

Steller is a storytelling app that combines elements of social media, scrapbooking, and blogging. The app itself is its own social media platform, allowing users to explore other highlighted and […]

Before we get a ton of angry reader mail, let’s be clear. We aren’t actually taking away the books, we are just changing the medium. After all, no matter the […]

Kids who are intimidated by a thick book can still enjoy them. Listening, reading on the Kindle, or even watching the movie version can get kids interested in books. Here […]

While video games and screen-based technologies are in practically every child’s hands these days, there are still many kids who love to read. And even if they don’t, many of […]

Our kids need to be taught social-emotional learning skills (SEL) more than ever. In a world where far too many role models display values of selfishness, dishonesty, an inability to […]

Many parents and teachers have concluded that most kids today would rather play a video game than read a book. And while data from all over the world suggest that […]

Summer reading is not what it used to be for kids. At one time, many kids relished the time off from the school year to pick up the books they […]