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May 9, 2018Nicole Stucke

National Effort: Improve Student Outcomes

By Nicole Stucke achievement gap, advantages of early childhood education, Child Development, early childhood education benefits, educators, Executive Function, executive function assessment, executive function challenges, executive function school readiness, how to improve early childhood education, national efforts, research, self regulation in children, self regulation skills for children, social emotional learning, student outcomes, teachers Leave a Comment

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) are teaming up in a national effort: improve student outcomes through research and development. Yesterday (May 8, 2018), the two nonprofits announced that they are extending a public Request for Information (RFI) about innovative ways to facilitate, accelerate, and improve the academic and non-academic outcomes that…

January 13, 2017Nicole Stucke

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Executive Function and Autism

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When children have an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), they process information much differently from typically developing children. These kids tend to notice the details of a situation but have trouble organizing and retrieving them later on. Problems with executive function in autism are common, and they can affect certain cognitive abilities. Children with autism may…