Math. Social studies. Science. There’s no shortage of important topics the U.S. education system imparts on our youth. And yet, there is a set of skills that’s not given enough attention in the ...

It’s the night before your child has a big paper or project due and panic has set in. Deadlines have already been missed and now your child has a mountain of work to complete. As you hunker down to ...

Executive functioning is the job of children at home who need to dress themselves in the morning, in school as they get their classwork completed and turned in, at play as they interact appropriately ...

Preschoolers’ ability to regulate their attention, behavior, and emotions has been linked with their capacity to cope with difficult situations and thrive in the classroom. But most research into how ...

During the eight years that Hannah Ross was a third- and fourth-grade teacher, she noticed there were always a handful of kids whose needs weren’t being met in the classroom. Some might have ADHD or ...

As we prepare to send our children back into the classroom, the checklist for the post-pandemic return encompasses more than just school supplies and back-to-school clothes. The COVID-19 pandemic has ...

Corrected: An earlier version of the box in this story included incorrect labeling. Seattle Poverty, neglect, or family stress can make it especially difficult for young children to develop the ...

My child doesn’t know what she’s supposed to do. She can’t sit still long enough to do her work, she’s frustrated because she can’t get any feedback from her teacher, and, most importantly, she’s not ...

In 2005, licensed clinical psychologist Anna Levy-Warren launched Organizational Tutors, a New York City-based business focused on helping children develop and strengthen executive functioning skills.

An experimental study conducted in Brazil found that a game-based cognitive training program called Cucca Curiosa improved executive functioning and mathematics performance in children aged 7 to 10 ...