Sharpen their skills

Early Childhood Education Journal - With the end of summer's carefree days, children (and parents too) are anxious for the first day of school. The projects and activities listed here will help...     

Reported topics of conversation among same‐sex adults

Conversational topics among same‐sex adult friends, co‐workers, siblings, parents and children were studied. A self‐report questionnaire revealed that women's talk tends to focus on family, relationship problems, men, health, pregnancy and menstruation, food, things they've read, movies, television, clothing, and rape. Men talk more about women, sex, money, news, sports, hunting and fishing. No sex difference was found in the most frequent topic of conversation in each context. Same‐sex friends of either sex are most likely talk about the other sex, co‐workers most frequently discuss work, and sisters, brothers, mothers and daughters, fathers and sons, talk most often about family.     

Chronicle of Race,Sex and Schools Race

Applying microeconomic theory to No Child Left Behind predicts that its use of significant consequences for schools that do not reach 100% proficiency on rigorous standardized tests by 2014 will likely prevent most, if not all schools, from providing a high-quality education for their students. The central problem is cost. Quality assurance models predict that costs associated with achieving the required 100% pass rate will rise well above typical school budgets. Thus, No Child Left Behind, or any reform that combines a rigid demarcation between passing and failing with a 100% proficiency requirement, will fail as prohibitively expensive.     

Indoor days

Winter days can be long and dreary, causing restless, cranky children. These activities will help to fill the hours with fun, and learning too.Carolyn Haas is co-author of the new bookPurple Cow to the Rescue published by Little, Brown and Co., as well as many other creative activity books for parents, teachers, and children. These activities are excerpted from the bookRecipes For Fun and Learning by Carolyn Haas, Ann Cole, and Betty Weinberger, CBH Publishing, Box 236-D, Glencoe, IL 60022. For a copy of the book, send $4.95 plus $1.00 for postage and handling to the above address.