Do cliques of today compare to those of yesteryear?
Many HS peer crowds have been constant, but changing demographics, cultural influences and college attendance have led to new peer groups.
social-emotional learning
Brain health at age 3 predicts adults’ social cost
Brain health at age 3 has been linked to how much we spend on healthcare and other social costs as adults. Digitization of life helped with the matching.
Avoid pressuring young children over grades
Kindness and social skills are probably more important to stress than grades and extracurricular participation, esp. for younger students.
Reading fiction may not boost social cognition
New research, trying to replicate findings that showed reading a little literary fiction would boost social cognition, failed to reach the same findings.
More recess LiiNKed to better focus in school
Recess helps, not just with social and physical development, but also with academics, because it increases the amount of time kids pay attention in class.
Seeing benefits, a school expands recess
Maybe we should <em>increase</em> the amount of time young children spend in recess or in unstructured play. It might help learning.