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• Mozart Makes Babies Smarter and Other Medical Myths

  We’ve all heard them – those medical myths that we all believe, even though we don’t have any basis for them. This article in USA Today examines some of those myths, plus has a nifty little quiz that I scored so badly on, it appears my children are lucky to be alive. Here’s one fact I really like: That larger-headed babies are smarter. I clicked no, but it turns out? They do in fact score higher on intelligence tests. I should have known, because my daughter has an enormous head and is also clearly a supergenius. Here are some other ones –.... Read More... Posted May 27 2009, 05:36 PM by Amy Kuras with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: USA Today, teething, doctors, intelligence, fevers, medical myths, sugar, hyperactivity, pediatrician, mozart effect, big heads

• October: It's Not Just for Halloween Anymore--Arts and Humanities Month!

  One of my biggest peeves with education in the United States is the short shrift given to the arts in most schools.  I know there are exceptions, but it seems that the overwhelming majority of people think a great education is one that focuses on Math, Science and has kids reading the New York Times by age four.  No Child Left Behind has, arguably exacerbated this problem by forcing schools to focus so much on test prep that the arts get left behind.Many have argued in recent years Read More... Posted Oct 09 2008, 08:16 AM by Shannon LC Cate with | with no comments Filed under: no child left behind, Shannon LC Cate, Tom Chapin, art education, mozart effect, national arts and humanities month