NEW STUDY SHOWS SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING CAN BOOST KIDS’ TEST SCORES AND GPA’S

A growing body of research is shining a light on something parents and teachers have suspected for years, kids learn better when they feel better. A new analysis published in the Review of Educational Research found that school-wide social-emotional learning (SEL) programs don’t just support emotional growth, they may also boost academic performance in meaningful … Read more

AISD opens 'OWL' learning center at former Metz Elementary School campus

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Independent School District celebrated the opening of its new Wonderland and Outdoor Learning Center, or OWL, Friday on the former campus of Metz Elementary School in East Austin. The center is a nature-based outdoor learning environment “designed to provide students with hands-on outdoor experiential opportunities,” according to AISD. The center … Read more

Learning Is More Than Just Collecting Facts

Earlier this week, I read Horace Walpole’s The Castle of Otranto for the first time. Published in 1764, it’s widely considered the first gothic novel, the cornerstone of a genre that would include future works like those of the Brontë sisters, Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca, and eventually all of modern horror. I love ghost stories … Read more

Pope Leo XIV marvels at ‘huge learning curve’ in an interview released on his 70th birthday as first American pontiff

Rome – Pope Liu fourteen was surprised by the “huge learning curve”, which he handed over as a bonof and semi -functionality in jumping “in the deep end of the billiards very quickly”, in interview excerpts issued on Sunday on his seventieth birthday. The first American Pope in history said that he quickly found his … Read more

Bay Area library sees 13% spike in Summer Learning Program 

((Crohn– The Gulf Region Library destroyed its own record of the annual summer learning program. In the city of San Jose, more than 10,000 people participated in the Saint Jose Library, which is 13 % in readers last year. The program, which lasts from June 1 to July 31, provides children and adults free books. … Read more

Michael Pratt Is Finetuning His Game, Learning From Baker Mayfield

The Bucs are in as good of a spot as they have ever been when it comes to the quarterback position. Baker Mayfield has emerged as a franchise quarterback and truly has the chance to be different than any other signal-caller in franchise history. While Kyle Trask has not had an opportunity at extended snaps, … Read more