if i said the word classroom to you, would imagine a teacher in front of the block board, the classic setup. so what happens when the kids and teachers trade places? steve perry shows us this week in perry s principles. when the synapses in my brain connect, then i learn. the students are teaching class today at the beardsley school. the pupils, they re teachers. this role reversal is part of a revolutionary program developed by the national urban alliance, or nua. how do teachers respond to having kids tell them how to teach? they love it, because it gives them an understanding of the strengths that the students have, as well as where the gaps are that need to be filled in. the training is broken up into two parts. first, an nua representative leads a session on creative teaching methods for students and teachers.
he lives in washington. his lawyer argues he s not a flight risk. even though he was arrested on a flight about to leave for paris, the lawyer said it was a prescheduled flight, not a last-minute booking to try to escape the law. it s undisputed that the police knew his whereabouts is because he called the hotel, which is the scene of this incident, from jfk airport, to inquire if the hotel had located his cell phone or the hotel advised it had and asked him his whereabouts, which he promptly told them. indeed, he called the hotel a second time, called security a second time to advise that the plane was boarding and to urge the hotel delivery people to please promptly bring his cell phone. before the hearing got under way, he was indicted on several charges, including attempt to commit rape. he s accused of attacking a maid on saturday. the prosecutor opposed bail, arguing that the evidence against dominique strauss-kahn is strong. the complainant in this case has offer
because they have grown up with that and didn t have to learn how to use the typewriter and whiteout and spell their own words and they have spell check and were born with it and you talk to sociologists they say there is a true concern here. take a listen. we know from brain research, for instance, parts of the brain that are not used are lost and, the synapses that are not used consistently, they call it use it or lose it. they say there is a way to actually work with that. for example, showing kids, here s how you find something on a map, actual man and pull out the table and here s the coordinates and you teach them, basically, skills they have been to use on their iphone, in case the iphone isn t around so they don t lose the skill, jamie. jamie: use it, and lose it, and it will probably go away and what about the high-tech set, they are saying it is ridiculous? reporter: you know, when you walk around here we thought people would be argumentative when we asked them the
the creation of the synapses in your baby s brain. i mean, there s just nothing more important than early education. speaking of early education, here s a preschool director who fully realizes the life-changing effect this program has on children. woman: i am a director of juniorversity state of the art preschool in the city of compton, california. i have a bachelor s degree in child development. we do have children that are maybe less fortunate and it really doesn t matter. and when they watch the baby can read program, their little brains are like sponges. they want to learn, they re excited about learning. we can take this program in our community and turn around a generation of, of children that might have been going down the wrong road. if i had my way, your baby can read program would be in all of the preschoo in america change that, in the world.
your baby can read. now find out how you can make a significant impact in your child s future. announcer: a baby s first smile of recognition, that fst roll-over. the first step and first word are miracles of a baby s life. a baby s brain craves stimulation and develops at a phenomenal pace, nearly 90% developed during the first five years of life. seize this small window of opportunity before it closes to enhance your child s learning ability with the your baby can read early language development system. your baby can read isn t just another reading program. it s a remarkable learning system, which will have positive amd permanent effects in your child s life. the best and easiest time to learn a language is during the infant and toddler years, when the brain is creating thousands of synapses, or connections, allowing a child to learn both the written word and the spoken word. child: elephant. announcer: at the same time. this is how it works. your child will see the words and