Austin in Action
City of Austin Proclaims March 23, 2023 as Rhonda Paver Day March 23, 2023 – Austin, TX – The City of Austin, today acknowledged Rhonda Paver, owner and CEO of Stepping Stone School for her commitment to improving access to high quality early care...
Films
Rated PG Starring Emma Thompson, Alisha Weir, Lashana Lynch, Stephen Graham, Andrea Riseborough Critical Rating: *** ½ of ***** Austin Family Family-Friendly Rating: **** of ***** It’s been ages since I read Roald Dahl’s children’s book Matilda (or seen Danny...
La Pantalla Inteligente
Si alguna vez vuelvo a la enseñanza en el aula, aceptaré por completo cometer errores como las mejores oportunidades de aprendizaje: momentos de celebración, no de desánimo. La comunidad científica ha adoptado durante mucho tiempo el análisis de errores como la...
Asuntos Familiares
P: Nuestra hija, Lucy, tiene ocho años y juega béisbol de ligas menores por primera vez. Mi esposo y yo hemos estado hablando sobre cómo queremos que ella aprenda a tener un buen comportamiento deportivo. Hemos asistido a algunos de sus partidos en donde los padres le...
Then and Now
Then Before it ever had a permanent home, the Austin Children’s Museum lived out of a station wagon. That’s right, it was a mobile museum created by a group of parents and educators who wanted to offer broader cultural experiences to the kids of Austin. These...
Screen Time
If I ever go back to classroom teaching, I’m going to fully embrace making mistakes as the absolute best learning opportunity – moments for celebration, not discouragement. The scientific community has long regarded error analysis as the foundation for...
Lifelines
What if your child suddenly developed obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), tics, severe anxiety and hyperactivity? These symptoms could be associated with an autoimmune disorder called PANDAS. What Is PANDAS? PANDAS stands for pediatric autoimmune...
Family Matters
Q Our daughter, Lucy is eight years old and playing Little League baseball for the first time. My husband and I have been discussing how we want her to learn good sportsmanship behavior. We’ve been to some of her games where the parents yell at the officials,...
Education
Classical Education I’ll admit my ignorance. When charged with writing about “classical education” as an alternative to traditional public schooling, I drew a blank. My first guess was that a classical education might have something to do with studying the...
Feature Articles
When it comes to kids’ sports, every parent wants to hear the coach say, “Your child has real potential.” With that simple praise of talent, visions of college scholarships and big-league contracts suddenly dance on the horizon. Before long parents are...
