News tagged with family involvement

Family chats can help students learn, especially in richer countries, study shows

Taking the time to talk to your children about current events like the Gulf Oil spill -- and using mathematical terms to do so -- can help students develop better reasoning and math skills and perform better in school, according ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jul 22, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New survey finds parents need help encouraging their kids in science

A new survey announced today finds the vast majority (94%) of science teachers wish their students' parents had more opportunities to engage in science with their children. However, more than half (53%) of parents of school-aged ...

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created May 10, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bilingual family liaisons increasingly important service for schools

Even during tough economic times, a school district's decision to cut support services aimed at helping Hispanic students and their families navigate through the public school system will prove to be a shortsighted ...

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created Mar 25, 2010 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

How schools, parents can work together for successful kids

It is widely understood that, ideally, schools and parents should work together to ensure that children can succeed as students and citizens. But what is the right balance? And how much do teachers want parents involved in ...

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created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 2




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Faithful females who choose good providers key to evolutionary shift to modern family, study finds

In early human evolution, when faithful females began to choose good providers as mates, pair-bonding replaced promiscuity, laying the foundation for the emergence of the institution of the modern family, a new study finds.

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created May 28, 2012 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (6) | comments 5

Her majesty's secret

One of the greatest cliches uttered about her majesty Queen Elizabeth II is that in 60 years of reigning over us, "she has never put a foot wrong". This may well be true, but how do we know? What do we really ...

Other Sciences / Other

created May 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Holidays inspire disadvantaged children to learn, says study

Holidays could serve as a valuable extension of the national curriculum for the UK’s disadvantaged youngsters, new research has suggested.

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created May 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

It's in the genes: Research pinpoints how plants know when to flower

Scientists believe they've pinpointed the last crucial piece of the 80-year-old puzzle of how plants "know" when to flower.

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 25, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (10) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Deterring signals: Tobacco plants advertise their defensive readiness to attacking leafhoppers

Following herbivory, plants produce jasmonic acid, a hormone which activates several plant defense reactions. Scientists found that leafhoppers can evaluate whether tobacco plants are ready for defense when attacked. If jasmonate-signaling ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

120,000 troubled families in UK?

The reliability of figures used as the basis for the Coalition’s ‘Troubled Families’ program is questioned in new research published by academics at the University of Bristol. The government claim ...

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created May 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

As Facebook grows, millions say, 'no, thanks'

(AP) -- Don't try to friend MaLi Arwood on Facebook. You won't find her there.

Technology / Internet

created May 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4

Asian start-ups gain as Facebook's Saverin looks East

Far from the Wall Street limelight, Facebook's co-founder Eduardo Saverin is keeping a low profile in Singapore, investing his wealth in tech start-ups while enjoying a life of luxury.

Technology / Business

created May 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Book sharing could boost prospects of world's poorest children

Teaching parents how to share books with their infants could have a dramatic effect on improving literacy rates in developing countries, University of Reading researchers have found.

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created May 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Functional genomics gets tiny

A little more than a decade ago, researchers discovered an ancient mechanism that cells use to silence genes. Like a dimmer switch turning down a light, RNA interference (RNAi) dials down gene activity in ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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