Getting Education
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Casting Lots for College?
Would lottery-style college admission increase minorities in academia? Read story.
Be Still
The World Is Scary, But Coping With Anxiety Can Help
The world is scary, but coping with anxiety can help. Read story.
Teaching Students to Learn
Don't Push Out — Let Them Pull In
Rather than educators "pushing out," students must be taught to "pull in." Read story.
Toxic Environments
The Real Threats to Children's Happiness
Some of the more innocuous-seeming staples of your child's life could be hurting them. Read story.
The Good Old Summer Time
Vacation Should Balance Engagement, Relaxation
Kids should be engaged during the vacation, but not overstimulated. Jane Close Conoley helps determine where the proper balance should be. Read story.
Reading to Learn
Teaching Students to Become Active Readers of Mathematics and Science
Though many secondary students will be busy poring over standards such as Orwell’s 1984 to get ready for next fall’s English class, few will be doing so for their mathematics and science courses. One reason is that most students find their textbooks as accessible as the latest cell phone programming manuals. Read story.
Educational Leadership, Technology, and the Future
The Lack of Computers and Why It's Killing Our School System
Education is the last pencil and paper institution in the United States, if not the world. How can that be? The most important institution in our society and we give it the least support. Rarely do we even provide our children with current technological tools. Let’s move into the 21st century, provide our children with current, available learning tools, and provide our teachers with the support to offer them. Read story.
Teaching English When It’s Not Spoken in the Home
Educators: “It’s Not My Job”
"Heritage language" support can help students succeed, but teachers are far more likely to encourage such language skills if they have the proper training. Read story.
Learning What’s Right with Schools
They're Better Off Than One Might Think
Improvement may be needed, but public schools are not as bad off as one might think. Read story.
It's Not Easy Teaching Green
Author Elizabeth Kolbert Takes the Stage at Campbell Hall
Political reporter and author Elizabeth Kolbert took to the Campbell Hall stage last week to discuss the importance of environmental consciousness. Read story.
Helping "Homies" Heal
Amy-Jane Griffiths, a doctoral candidate in UCSB's Clinical, Counseling and School Psychology department, provides options for how the Santa Barbara community can cope with and prevent gang violence. Read story.
Do We Trust Teachers to Improve Education?
Tine Sloan, acting director of the Teacher Education Program at UCSB's Gevirtz School discusses the hurdles would-be teacher must overcome just to teach in California. Read story.
Teasing: A Real Problem and Solutions
Dr. Collie Conoley discusses teasing, which some studies show may be a more important part of children's formative years than some adults realize. However, with the right tools, even the most easily teased youngster can turn teasing into a productive experience. Read story.
The Doubting Illness: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Though once thought a rarity in American minds, research has showd that Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is more common that most realize. Fortunately, help exists from those plagued by unwanted thoughts. Read story.
When Less Really Is More!
The Gervitz School's Professor Jane Close Conoley examines how children's interaction with toys can affect their outlook on life. Parents buying their children presents too often, Close Conoley argues, could also be endorsing a "gimme gimme" mentality that eventually yields materialistic adults. Read story.
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