Studies have shown that students from a lower socioeconomic status (SES) background are more likely to have difficulty with educational attainment than those from a higher SES background. In a recent study focusing on determining the specific shortcomings caused by... View Article
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Results from the latest Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) reading assessment have indicated that a quarter of Ontario’s grade 3 students are failing to meet reading standards for their age group. Erin Panda, an assistant professor in the Department... View Article
Overshadowed by the COVID-19 pandemic, we are also facing a reading crisis. Children are not learning to read properly and/or are falling behind in regard to the curriculum standards expected of them. Teachers are struggling to do enough to take... View Article
Librarians play an important role in supporting individuals in learning how to access research databases and to become more literate in digital media. Yet according to recent statistics published by Antioch University Seattle in the School Librarian Investigation Decline of... View Article
Photo created with Google Gemini. 2020 will be remembered as the year no one could have ever expected. A global-wide pandemic created a massive disconnect due to the lockdown that emerged, forcing everyone to stay within their homes until it... View Article
After a tough and unexpected year of challenging situations, journalists for EdSurge discussed how schools have been affected by the pandemic. Tony Wan describes how public school districts have been greeted with budget cuts, new expenses, and outdated school operations... View Article
Children’s play and socialization with peers at school may seem like a mere supplement to core education, but experts claim that it is crucial for student well-being. With schools being shut down across the world, psychologists urge that later reopening... View Article
The ubiquitous presence of children who cannot read in Ontario classrooms has prompted the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) to launch Right to Read. Right to Read is a public inquiry into human rights issues pertaining to children with reading... View Article
In the digital age, it takes a special strength to resist distractions and stay focused and productive. This is a valuable skill for anyone to have, and many parents are aware of the dangers of too much screen time. But... View Article
There is a popular belief that the left brain is the logical, rational and analytical side of the brain, while the right hemisphere is associated with emotion and creativity. Perhaps building on this idea of lateralization, some also hold that... View Article
Cognitive scientists have known for several years that adults have a harder time learning a new language than children. However, it has never been clear just when this change occurs, and how long this “critical period” lasts. Researchers at MIT... View Article
A study conducted in 1995 discovered that children from higher income families tend to hear about 30 million more words in their first three years of life in comparison to children from lower-income families. It was concluded that the significant... View Article
John Guttag and a team of researchers from MIT and Massachusetts General Hospital’s Institute of Health Professions have developed an automated computer system that helps in diagnosing speech and language disorders in children. If diagnosed at a young enough age... View Article