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Top 3 Trends in Schools and Why We Should be Worried.

Written by Debra Lambrecht on July 26, 2022.

Trends in education come and go, but these latest trends have significant consequences for an entire generation of children. Lowering Student Expectations and Dumbing Down Academics – Many schools...

Getting Middle School Right, Because if We Don’t …

Written by Debra Lambrecht on January 19, 2021.

Middle School is more than a bridge from elementary school to high school. Early adolescence (the 11-14 year old) is a time of rapid physical and psychological changes; a time when children simultaneously...

Being an ‘Intentional Misfit’ Can Be Good Parenting!

Written by Debra Lambrecht, Founder, Caulbridge Education on October 23, 2020.

The rise in childhood disorders is unstoppable – psychological, emotional, behavioral, social and learning disorders. With so many overlapping crises in our time, childhood trauma is overtaking this...

Meeting Children’s Needs for School and Well-Being at Caulbridge

Written by Debra Lambrecht, Founder, Caulbridge Education on May 21, 2020.

Protecting our children from the fear and uncertainty in this time of pandemic is as important as preventing transmission of disease. Caulbridge School is uniquely positioned to do both. We are integrating...

Developing a Child’s Initiative, Confidence and Ethical Behavior

Written by Debra Lambrecht, Founder, Caulbridge Education on February 9, 2020.

This is the first generation of children who are growing up able to push a button here, and something happens over there! We are witnessing the effects of this phenomenon in the increased desire for...

Your Child’s Social-Emotional Development – Why Emoticons are Not Enough

Written by Debra Lambrecht, Founder, Caulbridge Education on January 18, 2020.

Schools often use social-emotional curriculum activities to help students name their emotions, in hopes they will be able to manage those emotions. A child’s ability to name feelings is not the same...

It Starts Around Third Grade

Written by Debra Lambrecht, Founder, Caulbridge Education on November 4, 2019.

Academics tend to break down around third grade, when children go from learning-to-read to reading-to-learn, or from simple arithmetic to more complex math concepts. In the earlier grades it is more...

A School with a Child Development Perspective

Written by Debra Lambrecht, Founder, Caulbridge Education on October 7, 2019.

Children are not miniature adults – a second-grader is not a deficient twelfth-grader. Children are not miniature adults – a second-grader is not a deficient twelfth-grader. Children have a unique set...

The Cost of a Missed Childhood

Written by Debra Lambrecht, Founder, Caulbridge Education on March 17, 2019.

Please enjoy this excerpt from my upcoming book, A Common Sense Education in Uncommon Times: Caulbridge. In writing the chapter, The Cost of a Missed Childhood, I reached out to Derek Rubinstein, Psy.D....

Your Child’s Self-Regulation is Not Just Self-Control

Written by Debra Lambrecht, Founder, Caulbridge Education on February 9, 2019.

Self-regulation relates to your child’s ability to successfully participate in the classroom, take turns, understand social cues, make good decisions and be a good friend. Defined as the ability to...

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