by Neil Dietsch | Oct 29, 2019 | Chess in Education, Chess in Education - US, US
October 23, 2019 – CIS Managing Director Neil Dietsch travels to the Franklin Chess Center in Meadville, MS to check out a class titled Introduction to Teaching Chess in Schools. The class is offered by The University of Mississippi’s Center for...
by Neil Dietsch | Sep 22, 2019 | Chess in Education - US, International
September 22, 2019 – The European Chess Union’s Education Commission released this video explaining why chess is the ideal classroom tool to prepare children for the digital world. It offers a brief, but compelling case for why educators worldwide are...
by Neil Dietsch | Jun 30, 2019 | International
June 27, 2019 – CIS’s Jerry Nash has been named Editor in Chief for the journal Chess: Education and Science. This is the official journal of the Chess Scientific Research Institute (CSRI) at the Armenian State Pedagogical University at Kh. Abovyan. The...
by Neil Dietsch | Mar 31, 2019 | Alabama Chess in Schools, Chess in Education, Chess in Education Initiative, US
March 30, 2019 – State Superintendent of Education Eric Mackey endorsed CIS’s Chess in Education Initiative in this March 20, 2019 memorandum to City and County School Superintendents. We are also pleased to have the support of Ryan Hollingsworth,...
by Neil Dietsch | Feb 10, 2019 | Alabama Chess in Schools, US
February 10, 2019 – Independent researchers from Tennessee Tech University and the University of Alabama have released findings based on three years of data from the Alabama Chess in Schools (ACIS) program. The study is believed to be the largest of its kind in...
