Gen Alpha doesn’t slow dance – they’re missing so much by giving it up

Breaking news: Gen Alpha has retired slow dancing. Gen Z didn’t fight to keep it alive. “We don’t slow dance any more,” said ...

More than one third of kindergarteners in B.C. struggle with core development, study finds

University of British Columbia research shows young children doing worse in almost every category compared to pre-pandemic ...
Education Week

How to Build a Reading Block: Two Teachers Share Their Approaches

Teaching 1st grade also means managing a lot of transitions—helping students move quickly and calmly from one activity to another, or giving them small “brain breaks” to move and stretch. At the ...
The Caledonian-Record

ICE Mortgage Monitor: Mortgage Refinance Retention Hits Multi-Year High as Falling Rates Spur Activity Among Recently Originated Loans

Non-banks retained refinancing borrowers at roughly three times the rate of banks (35% versus 13%). Retention was highest among FHA and VA mortgages (36%), trailed by GSE (25%) and portfolio-held ...

‘How does the building not fall down?’: Philly second graders’ quest to learn about a project rising outside their classroom yields adorable answers

The massive construction project rose outside Room 221, where 22 curious second graders peered outside their classroom daily, ...
Nature

The baby whose life was saved by the first personalized CRISPR therapy

To the research team working to save him, KJ Muldoon was first known only as Patient Eta. But within months, KJ’s name — and ...
WHYY

At Washington Avenue Elementary, students and educators lean on the arts to build critical life skills

At Washington Avenue Elementary and schools across the region, arts programs are transforming classrooms and young minds ...