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Nov 02, 2010 01:11AM
Dr. William Crain from CUNY to speak in Los Angeles
The El Rio Charter School Development Team is hosting a talk by Dr. William Crain , a Developmental Psychologist and Professor of Psychology at City College of New York as part of their "Ingenious Childhood" public events. Dr. Crain...
Oct 01, 2010 12:02AM
Children?s Community School Part 3: Wrightson on Progressive Education & Testing
(Continued from Part 2)Neal Wrightson, director of Children’s Community School, sits down with parents of prospective students and discusses what progressive education is all about. The following is a synopsis of the major points made by...
Sep 30, 2010 12:47AM
Children?s Community School Part 2: No tests, no grades, no textbooks
(Continued from Part 1)The Children’s Community School (CCS) in Van Nuys is a progressive school that has no grades, no tests, and no textbooks. Why:No tests? In traditional schools, testing is a way of life...
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LearningSuccess Institute
The LearningSuccess model of education helps adults and children discover their unique learning needs. They present a positive approach that is based on working with each person’s natural gifts and dispositions, rather than applying dysfunctional labels such as A.D.D., Dyslexic, Hyperactive, or Learning Disabled. They help adults and children use their learning styles as doorways into their unique ways of learning in order to reach academic goals and to discover their direction in life.
Excellence in Education Academy
We are here to help you become a successful homeschool family! We specialize in a less formal approach and encourage creative and fun activities. Even though we specialize in a more relaxed approach we do accommodate any homeschool style from unschooling to pure textbook.
Cayenne Wellness Center
The Cayenne Wellness Center is dedicated to health promotion and disease prevention in children, adolescents, their families and the general population. The mission of Cayenne Wellness Center is to improve the nutritional and mental health of the public. We achieve this mission through education, research, and public awareness initiatives and community outreach programs that promote good nutrition and mental health. We practice the science of helping people make changes in their lifestyle to improve their overall health and quality of life emotionally, physically, and spiritually.
Parenting with the Brain in Mind All Gifts Music
Parenting with the Brain in Mind is an approach that helps parents take cutting-
edge science and apply it to everyday parenting. It's also the title of Tina P. Bryson's lecture series, numerous classes she teaches, and an upcoming book. Tina's goal is to take scientifically-grounded knowledge, and use it to help parents better understand their kids and themselves, and most importantly, to
apply it in the parenting trenches—in their breakfast-table, grocery-store,
temper-tantrum, everyday parenting world.
Contemporary pop songs with an empowering message for children and adults by vocalist Susan Kay Wyatt.
The Spotlight
Discover Your Child's Learning Style, the book that started everything. The authors, Maria Pellulo-Willis and Victoria Hodson, are also the founders of the LearningSuccessTM Institute.
Books and Other Educational Tools
Due to California legislation, all amazon aStores have been disabled. While it is not possible to order books through the aStore, customers may look at the book titles and other resources that Grace recommends until they are moved to another place on the website: Life-Long Learning Success Depot. Or click below and visit:
