If school is not out already for your sons, they (and you) are counting down the days until summer vacation begins. As you are locking in their schedules, don't forget to make time for summer learning. As we've noted in previous posts, research indicates that children lose learning skills over the summer, and summer learning programs can not only [...]
Want to help your son improve his reading skills over the summer? A good idea, since many children lose ground in reading over the course of the summer and start the new school year with rusty skills which can zap their academic confidence. Here are a few ways to focus on reading this summer: Public Library Summer Reading Programs: [...]
Take a look at this charming NY Times story, found here, about how Giants leading defensive end Justin Tuck and his wife Lauran's commitment to children's literacy is evident in their charitable organization, R.U.S.H. for Literacy, and in their parenting of their adorable two-year old son. This is a great story on so many levels. It is lovely to [...]
Interesting article in the Huffington Post by Lisa Bloom, who has written a book called , "Swagger: 10 Urgent Rules for Raising Boys in an Era of Failing Schools, Mass Joblessness and Thug Culture". (Provocative title, no?) Bloom, a lawyer and television journalist, focuses on the national under achievement of boys across racial and economic lines, and "the cultural [...]
Here's a list of "Boy Books", courtesy of the Eagle Academy Foundation, who hosted its third annual "Saving Our Sons" Professional Development Institute Conference this week in New York City. The Foundation has established and runs a series of all male, grades 6 through 12, college-preparatory schools in challenged, urban communities. They've opened three schools in New York City [...]
Today's NY Daily News features a piece by Rishawn Biddle, author and editor of online education news magazine Dropout Nation, and Richard Whitmire, an author of books about educating boys. Biddle and Whitmire use the presidential campaigns' very public debate about who has done more to help women to suggest that the candidates should be more worried about helping [...]