It's Time We Get Practical About the High School Drop Out Rate and Juvenile Delinquency For the past decade, the U.S. high school drop out rate in our inner cities has remained constant or between 40 to 50 percent of high school students. The first inclination is to blame the [...]

Children are taught to print the first few years of grade school, and depending on the school, either they stay with printing throughout their academic careers, or, as with some school handwriting programs, they are also taught cursive in second or third grade. I tend to side with the latter [...]

Just as parents need to expose children to vocational intelligence, the same need for exposure should apply to social consciousness and the value of money. For example early childhood, ages 2 to 6, is a magical time and most children’s perception of money is often associated with play or fantasy. [...]

There has always been a subtle conspiracy about how the left-brain world dominates those of us who might be right brain. In other words, brain scientists have long known that we learn and express our intelligence based on which side of the brain is more dominant. For example brain scientists [...]

For the past 30 years I have served children identified as ADD and ADHD of all ages with different educational abilities and I have always suggested to parents and teachers that medication should be the last resort to help such children with their ability to focus in a school environment. In [...]

A major connection between fantasy and intelligence begins in early childhood or as early as three years of age. For example, during this period, the children’s intelligence is centered on one idea and that is their own well being, getting their needs met. Due to this developmental stage, children can [...]

There is only so much a teacher can do to increase greater learning potential with their students. No matter how great a teacher’s ability or creative lessons, the bottom line is that students and parents must step up for greater learning potential to be tapped.          Drawing on the work of [...]

The increase in children defined as ADD and ADHD has skyrocketed over the past 20 years. The U.S. Surgeon General on mental health (1999) states that 3 to 5 % of school age children have ADHD.

A recent report by the National Assessment of Educational Progress described 4th and 8th grade student reading and math test scores as showing “modest improvement” in 2007, but “stalled improvement” in 2009.

Learning how to remember: What students learn is not always what they will remember! All students at some time in their school lives will need to learn strategies about how to remember some lesson or homework activity regardless of their interest level. For some students this is a great challenge, [...]