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First Bell: July 10, 2014

Pamela Tatz
7.10.2014

A MOM’S IMPACT
A new report digs into the many ways parents’ education affects children’s economic, social, and health outcomes—and finds that mothers have an especially significant influence. (Washington Post and Inside School Research)
 
BODY MOVEMENT FOR LEARNING
Researchers have found that involving body movement in ed tech improves learning. (Hechinger Report)
 
CHOICE LESSONS
A new report from the Friedman Foundation outlines three lessons that school-voucher advocates can learn from the charter movement. (Charters & Choice)
 
SCIENCE STANDARDS
New Jersey has adopted the Next Generation Science Standards. Twelve states (plus D.C.) have now done so. (Curriculum Matters)
 
FORDHAM IN THE NEWS
Atlanta Journal-Constitution: “Study: Teacher associations in Georgia among nation's weakest”

Tags: Curriculum Georgia New Jersey Next Generation Science Standards

Pamela Tatz is the Fordham Institute’s editorial associate, which affords her the dual privileges of managing the Education Gadfly publication and being the resident grammar czar; she has also worked as one of the office's hard-working research interns. Before joining Fordham, she studied political science and economics at Wayne State University, where her academic interests included…

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