Pasadena: Bipartisanship is a no-brainer when it comes to chessPosted: Friday, December 20, 2013 2:00 amBy KELLEY LEMONS Correspondent State Sen. Bryan Simonaire is crossing the aisle in the name of the king and the queen. And the rook,...
“The more we play chess, the better we communicate”
Chess connects hearing-impaired students with friends and familyDecember 19, 2013 By Darrell Davis, Jr. Staff Writer Everyone knows that playing chess is a great activity for the mind, but for a hearing impaired person, it is also a great...
State lawmakers support chess in schools
State senators to play chess at Northeast HighMonday, December 2, 2013 2:47 pm PASADENA — State Sen. Bryan Simonaire will join two other lawmakers Wednesday in the first of three chess matches against high school students. State Sens. Jamie...
What chess can bring to the table
Checkmate! Life Lessons Your Kid Can Learn from Chess By Agencies | posted Nov 27th 2013 at 2:00PM Most children rarely need to de-stress and relax. They get all the relaxation they require when they go to sleep at...
American students ranked 25th in math, 17th in science, 14th in reading
U.S. Students Still Lag Behind Foreign Peers, Schools Make Little Progress In Improving Achievement U.S. students aren’t progressing to catch up to their peers in other industrialized countries. A report recently published by Harvard University’s Program on Education Policy...
Special initiative for kids in Tasmania
Chess club goes from strength to strength By Emily Bryan – October 21, 2013, 9:33 pm A chess club for autistic and gifted children in Tasmania is moving ahead in leaps and bounds in its first year, with members...
Lead the way to problem solving through chess
Students test, build their problem-solving skills with chessThursday, Oct. 17, 2013By Adrienne Anderson The 2nd Battalion, 29th Infantry Regiment, lived up to their “lead the way” motto with their Partner in Education Stowers Elementary School. Two Soldiers from the...
Can chess tech change the way we educate?
Why College Costs Will Soon PlungeBy Barton Hinkle – October 14, 2013 My goal,” says the candidate, “is a healthier America. That is why I am setting an ambitious target of sending 1 million more Americans to the hospital...
The correlation between Chess and Life
El mejor consejo que ha recibido Rajoy Publicado por Federico Marín Bellón el oct 6, 2013 ¿Cuántos asesores y cargos de confianza tienen nuestros gobernantes? Casi es mejor no saberlo. El gran maestro Levon Aronian, número 3 del mundo,...
Czech Rep to teach chess to boost kids’ logical thinking
LN: Schools teach chess to boost pupils’ logical thinking ČTK | 9 October 2013 Prague, Oct 8 (CTK) – Some schools in the Czech Republic have joined the Chess to Schools project and introduced chess lessons as a compulsory...