Top 5 New Year's Resolutions Aimed at Closing the Achievement Gap

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 2, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — The educational achievement gap still looms wide for millions of students as they look toward the new year. "Since the 1980's we have known that the earlier in a child's educational life parental involvement begins, the more powerful the results," says Cathy Viney, Teaching Strategies Expert and Executive […]

Can School Field Trips Help Close the Achievement Gap?

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — A new study entitled "The Educational Value of Field Trips"1 shows such "culturally enriching" activities improve students' critical thinking ability, display stronger historical empathy and develop higher tolerance, all of which are vital to success in the workplace, for life in general and for successful participation in a democratic society. This first-ever, […]