​PNA's spring trips take field trips to a whole new level. It is not just the usual zoo or museum kind of field trip. As students grow older, PNA kids get the opportunity of traveling farther from home, building independence and self-reliance in addition to exploring...

As third grade completed another reading unit, these young readers have developed theories about characters and followed these theories, revising them for a more precise and meaningful ones. They have examined characters in relation to story structure, developing even...

One afternoon, Katherine Paterson, the author of Bridge to Terabithia, was in the backyard with her son, when they came upon a cicada bug trying to shed its skin. At first, Katherine was ready to walk on to other things, but her son said, "Look!" And so Katherine and...

Third graders were asked to choose a rock and told to make it their own by drawing a happy face. That rock was to remind them that they can always choose to be happy.  Then, the book, Ishi, was read to students and parents. Ishi is a rock but it is also a symbol of...

​1. What is ERB? ERB stands for Educational Records Bureau. It is a nonprofit organization that provides achievement and admissions assessments for PreK to 12th Grade. 2. Who uses ERBs? More than 2,300 independent, public and parochial schools and districts around the...

Go back to the time you met your best friend for the first time. What did you notice? As time went by and you've spent a lot of time with her or him, you got to know each other, and now you can probably predict how your best friend would react to certain situations....

The Standards for Mathematical Practice describe varieties of expertise that mathematics educators at all levels should seek to develop in their students. One of these practices is to make sense of problems and persevere in solving them. Often, students can memorize...

Ongoing research shows that parental involvement in schools contributes positively to student academic achievement. A study conducted done by scholars from University of North Carolina presents facts on how parent involvement and student achievement are associated...

William Walstad, author of several hundred scholarly works on economic education and director of the National Center for Research in Economic Education, claims that economics should be taught to children because being in a society that relies heavily on informed...

A large body of research shows that kids strong social and emotional skills tends to be more successful in academics and are more likely to attend college and enjoy stable employment prospects in life. Scholastic has published an article on socials skills we can teach...