Teachers who embed their new material within the context of a story provide the less able students the structure to help them make the critical interconnections that are essential to learning.

posted on September 12, 2011 at 5:00 pm

Our brains can be likened to an immense city made up of billions of interconnecting streets.

posted on August 14, 2011 at 2:00 pm

Consider this: Have you ever met someone who barely scraped by in school, but could go on and on about how cars work, or recite the names of every player in the NFL, complete with his lifetime statistics?

posted on July 29, 2011 at 8:00 pm

Whenever our brains sense that something we are seeing or hearing is novel, a tiny portion of the mid-brain flips on, and this has an almost magical effect on our ability to learn.

posted on July 14, 2011 at 6:00 am

A recent article in the Palm Coast Observer reported on our schools’ desire to fashion a sex-education program that aligns with Flagler County values.

posted on July 14, 2011 at 6:00 am