2011 | How to Learn

How to Improve Reading for Children, Ages 6-18

by Arvin Vohra | Apr 22, 2011 | Articles

The two most common pieces of advice about making children excel at reading are, “Have your child read more” and “Inspire a love of reading in your child.” It’s hard to decide which of those is more useless. “Inspire a love of reading” assumes that you have to like...

Success Skills for Children—Motivation Part 2

by Dr. Vicki Panaccione | Apr 22, 2011 | Articles

Motivated children generally employ more success skills to their academics. They are rewarded by their own accomplishments and good grades. However, many children are simply not intrinsically motivated to do their school work and are satisfied with ‘passing.’ What...

A Community Gang Intervention

by Kathryn Seifert, Ph.D. | Apr 21, 2011 | Articles

Gangs appear to be very adept at recruiting the young, the disenfranchised and the traumatized youth of our society, turning our neglect of them against us. What if the pro-social forces of society were as skillful at recruiting our young as the antisocial elements? ...

The Nation’s Largest School Voucher Bill Passed by Indiana Senate

by Pat Wyman | Apr 21, 2011 | Blog

Indiana Senate Passes Nation’s Largest School Voucher Bill INDIANAPOLIS, IN — The Indiana Senate today passed legislation that would create the nation’s broadest school voucher program, allowing low- and middle-income families to use taxpayer funds...

Success Skills for Children—Motivation Part 1

by Dr. Vicki Panaccione | Apr 21, 2011 | Articles

There are numerous success skills that children need to master and utilize in order to be the best they can be in their academic careers. And, we can teach them how to study skills, test-taking skills and so on. However, there is something else they need that is not...